حَرْف
cutting edge
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Plural
حُرُوف
Other plural
أَحْرُف
Verbal noun of
حَرَفَ
to turn to the opposite side
Most common words from the same root
حَرْف in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of حَرَفَ (to turn to the opposite side): the act or idea of the verb.
- letter (of the alphabet), piece of type
حَرْفًا بِحَرْفٍword for word
- consonant
- particle
- word obsolete
Word origin
Verbal noun of the verb above, the result of turning the tongue or stylus or limb to the side. The meaning “word” is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin terminus, spawned in the environment of philosophy text translation (see Praetorius 1909).
Words from the root ح-ر-ف
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
حَرَفَ
· present يَحْرِفُ
Form I · The plain action
to turn to the opposite side; to trade, to do business; to trim, to snip
حَرَّفَ
· present يُحَرِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to slant, to incline; to bend down, up, or back, to turn down, up, or back; to deflect
تَحْرِيف
verbal noun of حَرَّفَ
مُحَرِّف
مُحَرَّف
تَحَرَّفَ
· present يَتَحَرَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to turn off, to branch off, to take a turn; to deviate, to depart, to digress; to avoid
تَحَرُّف
مُتَحَرِّف
مُتَحَرَّف
اِنْحَرَفَ
· present يَنْحَرِفُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to deviate, to depart, to digress, to turn away; to turn; to branch off
اِنْحِرَاف
deviation
مُنْحَرِف
مُنْحَرَف
bend
اِحْتَرَفَ
· present يَحْتَرِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to do professionally
Form
active participle of اِنْحَرَفَ (inḥarafa)
حِرَفِيّ
craftsman
حُرْف
cress
حِرِّيف
pungent
حِرِّيف
spicy food
حِرْفَة
craft
مِحْرَف
character
حَرْفِيًّا
literally
حَرْف: plural and other forms
| Singular | حَرْف |
|---|---|
| Plural | حُرُوف |
| Alternative plurals | أَحْرُف |
حَرْف in a sentence
Dictionary examples
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حَرْفًا بِحَرْفٍword for word
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