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ر-ف-ع

The Arabic root ر-ف-ع (r-f-a)

Form I verb رَفَعَ: to lift

23 words in the dictionary are built from ر-ف-ع, including verbs in Forms I, II, III, V, VI, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to lift
Verb · Form VIII
to lift
Adjective
high
Adjective
رَفِيع
elevated
Noun
رَافِعَة
crane
Noun
اِرْتِفَاع
being or becoming high in stature or station
Adjective
مَرْفُوع
elevated
Noun
رَفْع
lifting

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

رَفَعَ · present يَرْفَعُ
Form I · The plain action

to lift, to raise aloft, to hoist up, to heave up; to elevate, to heighten, to exalt, to enhance; to promote in rank

رَفْع
Verbal noun
lifting
رَافِع
Active participle
hoist
رَافِع
Active participle
lever
مَرْفُوع
Passive participle
elevated
رَافِعَة
Derived noun
crane
رَفُعَ · present يَرْفُعُ
Form I · The plain action

to become high, to become elevated, to become exalted (of a person; especially in value, position, esteem, etc.); to become thin, to become fine (of a garment or piece of cloth)

رِفْعَة
Verbal noun
being or becoming high
رِفَاعَة
Verbal noun
highness
رَفِيع
Active participle
elevated
رَفُعَ · present يَرْفُعُ
Form I · The plain action

to become loud in voice (of a person)

تَفَاعَة
Verbal noun
رَفِيع
Active participle
رَفَّعَ · present يُرَفِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to lift, to raise, to elevate; to celebrate

تَرْفِيع
Verbal noun
verbal noun of رَفَّعَ
مُرَفِّع
Active participle
مُرَفَّع
Passive participle
رَافَعَ · present يُرَافِعُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to act as defense counsel, to defend, to plead a cause; to summon, to summons

مُرَافَعَة
Verbal noun
رِفَاع
Verbal noun
مُرَافِع
Active participle
مُرَافَع
Passive participle
تَرَفَّعَ · present يَتَرَفَّعُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to deem oneself above something, to look down on; to carry one’s head high

تَرَفُّع
Verbal noun
مُتَرَفِّع
Active participle
مُتَرَفَّع
Passive participle
تَرَافَعَ · present يَتَرَافَعُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to summons one another at trial; to take one’s case before the judge; to plead

تَرَافُع
Verbal noun
مُتَرَافِع
Active participle
مُتَرَافَع
Passive participle
اِرْتَفَعَ · present يَرْتَفِعُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to lift, to rise, to ascend, to go higher; to mount up, to climb, to soar, to skyrocket, to tower; to grow, to increase

اِرْتِفَاع
Verbal noun
being or becoming high in stature or station
Active participle
high
مُرْتَفَع
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

رَفَاع
Noun
abundant crops in the field
رَفَاع
Noun
bringing in of the sheaves
أَرْفَع
Adjective
upper

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