Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

تَعَرَّفَ • ‎(taʿarrafa) V, non-past يَتَعَرَّفُ‎ (yataʿarrafu)

1. to become acquainted (بِ ‎(bi) or إِلَى ‎(ʾilā) with someone), to meet

   تَعَرَّفْنَا فِي الْجَامِعَة.‎ ― taʿarrafnā fī l-jāmiʿat. ― We got to know each other in college.

2. to recognize (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) someone)
3. (transitive) to trace, to discover

Conjugation

References

• “تعرف” in John Mace (2007), Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ISBN 0-7818-1229-1

Etymology 2

Noun

تَعَرُّف • ‎(taʿarruf) m

1. verbal noun of تَعَرَّفَ ‎(taʿarrafa) (form V)

Declension

Etymology 3

Verb

تَعْرِفُ • ‎(taʿrifu) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)

Verb

تَعْرِفَ • ‎(taʿrifa) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)

Verb

تَعْرِفْ • ‎(taʿrif) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)

Verb

تُعْرَفُ • ‎(tuʿrafu) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)

Verb

تُعْرَفَ • ‎(tuʿrafa) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)

Verb

تُعْرَفْ • ‎(tuʿraf) ‎(form I)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَفَ ‎(ʿarafa)

Etymology 4

Verb

تُعَرِّفُ • ‎(tuʿarrifu) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرِّفَ • ‎(tuʿarrifa) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرِّفْ • ‎(tuʿarrif) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرَّفُ • ‎(tuʿarrafu) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرَّفَ • ‎(tuʿarrafa) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)

Verb

تُعَرَّفْ • ‎(tuʿarraf) ‎(form II)

1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)
2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of عَرَّفَ ‎(ʿarrafa)