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اِعْتَرَفَ

to confess

VerbForm VIIIRoot ع-ر-ف

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Present tense
يَعْتَرِفُ
Verbal noun
اِعْتِرَاف
Active participle
مُعْتَرِف
Passive participle
مُعْتَرَف

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
عَرَفَ
to know
Verb · Form V
تَعَرَّفَ
to become acquainted
Adjective
مَعْرُوف
known
Noun
مَعْرِفَة
knowledge
Noun
اِعْتِرَاف
confession
Noun
عَرِيف
expert

اِعْتَرَفَ in English

Verb · Form VIII

  1. to confess, to own, to avow, to admit transitive
  2. to acknowledge transitive
  3. to recognize transitive
  4. to know transitive
  5. to profess the faith transitive
  6. to say confession (modern) transitive or intransitive
  7. to try to find out, to question, to inquire (modern) transitive
  8. to make oneself known, to state one's name and quality intransitive
  9. to hint at transitive
  10. to be patient intransitive
  11. to be obedient, docile, submissive intransitive

Word origin

Compare عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

Words from the root ع-ر-ف

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

عَرَفَ · present يَعْرِفُ
Form I · The plain action

to be familiar with (a person, a place, a piece of news or information, and so on); to know; to be familiar with (a skill or profession); to be experienced in; to be proficient at or in; can; to recognise (a person, a place, and so on); to identify; to recall

knowledge
عِرْفَان
Verbal noun
knowledge
عَارِف
Active participle · Adjective
knowing
عَارِف
Active participle
expert
مَعْرُوف
Passive participle · Adjective
known
مَعْرُوف
Passive participle
beneficence
عَرِيف
Derived noun
expert
عَرِيف
Derived noun · Adjective
knowing
عَرَّاف
Derived noun
diviner
عَرَّفَ · present يُعَرِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to define; to tell about, to inform of, to make aware of; to acquaint with, to introduce to

تَعْرِيف
Verbal noun
definition
مُعَرِّف
Active participle
مُعَرَّف
Passive participle
تَعْرِيفَة
Derived noun
tariff
تَعَرَّفَ · present يَتَعَرَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to become acquainted, with, to meet; to recognize; to trace, to discover

تَعَرُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَعَرِّف
Active participle
مُتَعَرَّف
Passive participle
تَعَارَفَ · present يَتَعَارَفُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to get to know one another, become acquainted with one another; to become acquainted (بِ (bi) with)

تَعَارُف
Verbal noun
مُتَعَارِف
Active participle
مُتَعَارَف
Passive participle
اِعْتَرَفَ · present يَعْتَرِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to confess, to own, to avow, to admit; to acknowledge; to recognize

اِعْتِرَاف
Verbal noun
confession
مُعْتَرِف
Active participle
مُعْتَرَف
Passive participle
اِسْتَعْرَفَ · present يَسْتَعْرِفُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to perceive

اِسْتِعْرَاف
Verbal noun
مُسْتَعْرِف
Active participle
مُسْتَعْرَف
Passive participle
تَعْرِفَة
Noun · f.
rate
عُرْف
Noun · m.
custom
أَعْرَف
Adjective
elative degree of عَرِيف
عُرْفِيّ
Adjective
informal
عِرْفَانِيَّة
Noun · f.
Gnosticism
عَرَفَة
Noun · m.
Mount Arafat: mountain about 20 km east of central Mecca

اِعْتَرَفَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iاِعْتَرَفْتُأَعْتَرِفُأَعْتَرِفَأَعْتَرِفْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)اِعْتَرَفْتَتَعْتَرِفُتَعْتَرِفَتَعْتَرِفْاِعْتَرِفْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)اِعْتَرَفْتِتَعْتَرِفِينَتَعْتَرِفِيتَعْتَرِفِياِعْتَرِفِي
هُوَ heاِعْتَرَفَيَعْتَرِفُيَعْتَرِفَيَعْتَرِفْ—
هِيَ sheاِعْتَرَفَتْتَعْتَرِفُتَعْتَرِفَتَعْتَرِفْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoاِعْتَرَفْتُمَاتَعْتَرِفَانِتَعْتَرِفَاتَعْتَرِفَااِعْتَرِفَا
هُمَا they two (m.)اِعْتَرَفَايَعْتَرِفَانِيَعْتَرِفَايَعْتَرِفَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)اِعْتَرَفَتَاتَعْتَرِفَانِتَعْتَرِفَاتَعْتَرِفَا—
نَحْنُ weاِعْتَرَفْنَانَعْتَرِفُنَعْتَرِفَنَعْتَرِفْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)اِعْتَرَفْتُمْتَعْتَرِفُونَتَعْتَرِفُواتَعْتَرِفُوااِعْتَرِفُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)اِعْتَرَفْتُنَّتَعْتَرِفْنَتَعْتَرِفْنَتَعْتَرِفْنَاِعْتَرِفْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)اِعْتَرَفُوايَعْتَرِفُونَيَعْتَرِفُوايَعْتَرِفُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)اِعْتَرَفْنَيَعْتَرِفْنَيَعْتَرِفْنَيَعْتَرِفْنَ—
Verbal nounاِعْتِرَاف
Active participleمُعْتَرِف
Passive participleمُعْتَرَف

اِعْتَرَفَ in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

فَاعْتَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ، وَأَقَرَّ: «إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَنَا الْمَسِيحَ».And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.John 1:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّ الْقَلْبَ يُؤْمَنُ بِهِ لِلْبِرِّ، وَالْفَمَ يُعْتَرَفُ بِهِ لِلْخَلاَصِ.For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.Romans 10:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِي اللهِ.Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.1 John 4:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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