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أَرْفَع
highest /ˈʔarfaʕ/
nounB1#2966 most common
Also: most elevated, loftiest, supreme
Example sentences
جبل إفرست أرفع جبل في العالم.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
هذا المبنى أرفع من ذلك المبنى.
This building is higher than that one.
يشغل أرفع منصب في الشركة.
He holds the highest position in the company.
حصل الطالب على أرفع الدرجات في الامتحان.
The student got the highest marks in the exam.
تفضلوا بقبول أرفع آيات الاحترام والتقدير.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect and appreciation.
يُعَدُّ القضاء أرفع سلطة في الدولة القانونية، إذ يسمو فوق كل اعتبار سياسي.
The judiciary is considered the highest authority in a state governed by law, since it stands above every political consideration.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَرْفَعُ | أَرَافِعُ |
| Genitive | أَرْفَعَ | أَرَافِعَ |
| Accusative | أَرْفَعَ | أَرَافِعَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَرْفَعُ | يَا أَرَافِعُ |
Word family
رفعto raise, lift
رفيعelevated, fine, high-grade
رافعone who raises; hoister
رفعةloftiness, eminence
مرفوعraised; grammatically nominative
Etymology
أرفع comes from the Semitic root ر-ف-ع (r-f-ʕ), which carries the sense of raising or lifting. The pattern أفعل (ʾafʿal) turns a root into an elative, the form Arabic uses for both comparative and superlative meanings. So أرفع literally builds the idea of 'more raised' into a single word, which in use becomes 'higher' or 'highest'.
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