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Highlights
Present tense
يَتَعَرَّفُ
Verbal noun
تَعَرُّف
Active participle
مُتَعَرِّف
Passive participle
مُتَعَرَّف
Most common words from the same root
Noun
اِعْتِرَاف
confession
Noun
عَرِيف
expert
تَعَرَّفَ in English
Verb · Form V
- to become acquainted, with, to meet
تَعَرَّفْنَا فِي الْجَامِعَة.We got to know each other in college.عِنْدَمَا الْتَقَيْتُ بِهِ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، بَدَأْنَا نَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَى بَعْضِنَا الْبَعْضِ.When I met him for the first time, we started to get to know each other.
- to recognize
- to trace, to discover transitive
- (for a noun) to be or to become definite
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
عِرْفَان
knowledge
عَارِف
knowing
عَارِف
expert
known
مَعْرُوف
beneficence
عَرِيف
expert
عَرِيف
knowing
عَرَّاف
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
definition
مُعَرِّف
مُعَرَّف
تَعْرِيفَة
tariff
تَعَرَّفَ
· present يَتَعَرَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to become acquainted, with, to meet; to recognize; to trace, to discover
تَعَرُّف
مُتَعَرِّف
مُتَعَرَّف
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
مُتَعَارِف
مُتَعَارَف
اِعْتَرَفَ
· present يَعْتَرِفُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to confess, to own, to avow, to admit; to acknowledge; to recognize
اِعْتِرَاف
confession
مُعْتَرِف
مُعْتَرَف
اِسْتَعْرَفَ
· present يَسْتَعْرِفُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to perceive
اِسْتِعْرَاف
مُسْتَعْرِف
مُسْتَعْرَف
تَعْرِفَة
rate
عُرْف
custom
أَعْرَف
elative degree of عَرِيف
عُرْفِيّ
informal
عِرْفَانِيَّة
Gnosticism
عَرَفَة
Mount Arafat: mountain about 20 km east of central Mecca
تَعَرَّفَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | تَعَرَّفْتُ | أَتَعَرَّفُ | أَتَعَرَّفَ | أَتَعَرَّفْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | تَعَرَّفْتَ | تَتَعَرَّفُ | تَتَعَرَّفَ | تَتَعَرَّفْ | تَعَرَّفْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | تَعَرَّفْتِ | تَتَعَرَّفِينَ | تَتَعَرَّفِي | تَتَعَرَّفِي | تَعَرَّفِي |
| هُوَ he | تَعَرَّفَ | يَتَعَرَّفُ | يَتَعَرَّفَ | يَتَعَرَّفْ | — |
| هِيَ she | تَعَرَّفَتْ | تَتَعَرَّفُ | تَتَعَرَّفَ | تَتَعَرَّفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | تَعَرَّفْتُمَا | تَتَعَرَّفَانِ | تَتَعَرَّفَا | تَتَعَرَّفَا | تَعَرَّفَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | تَعَرَّفَا | يَتَعَرَّفَانِ | يَتَعَرَّفَا | يَتَعَرَّفَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | تَعَرَّفَتَا | تَتَعَرَّفَانِ | تَتَعَرَّفَا | تَتَعَرَّفَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | تَعَرَّفْنَا | نَتَعَرَّفُ | نَتَعَرَّفَ | نَتَعَرَّفْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | تَعَرَّفْتُمْ | تَتَعَرَّفُونَ | تَتَعَرَّفُوا | تَتَعَرَّفُوا | تَعَرَّفُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | تَعَرَّفْتُنَّ | تَتَعَرَّفْنَ | تَتَعَرَّفْنَ | تَتَعَرَّفْنَ | تَعَرَّفْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | تَعَرَّفُوا | يَتَعَرَّفُونَ | يَتَعَرَّفُوا | يَتَعَرَّفُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | تَعَرَّفْنَ | يَتَعَرَّفْنَ | يَتَعَرَّفْنَ | يَتَعَرَّفْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | تَعَرُّف |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُتَعَرِّف |
| Passive participle | مُتَعَرَّف |
تَعَرَّفَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to become acquainted
تَعَرَّفْنَا فِي الْجَامِعَة.We got to know each other in college.
to become acquainted
عِنْدَمَا الْتَقَيْتُ بِهِ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، بَدَأْنَا نَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَى بَعْضِنَا الْبَعْضِ.When I met him for the first time, we started to get to know each other.
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