Learn Arabic › A2 › رَفَع
رَفَع
to raise, to lift up /ˈra.fa.ʕa/
verbA2#1186 most common
Also: to lift, to elevate or raise (status, prices, voice), to submit or file (a report, a lawsuit)
Example sentences
رَفَعَ يَدَهُ.
He raised his hand.
رَفَعَتِ المُعَلِّمَةُ الكِتابَ.
The teacher lifted the book.
رَفَعَ الرَّجُلُ الصُّندوقَ الثَّقيلَ عَنِ الأَرْضِ.
The man lifted the heavy box off the ground.
رَفَعَتِ الحُكومةُ أَسعارَ الوَقودِ الشَّهرَ الماضي.
The government raised fuel prices last month.
رَفَعَ المُحامي دَعوى قَضائيّةً ضِدَّ الشَّرِكةِ.
The lawyer filed a lawsuit against the company.
رَفَعَ الشّاعِرُ مِن شَأْنِ اللُّغةِ العَرَبيّةِ في قَصيدَتِهِ البَليغةِ.
The poet elevated the standing of the Arabic language in his eloquent poem.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْفَعُ | رَفَعْتُ | سَأَرْفَعُ |
| 2sg | تَرْفَعُ | رَفَعْتَ | سَتَرْفَعُ |
| 3sg | يَرْفَعُ | رَفَعَ | سَيَرْفَعُ |
| 1pl | نَرْفَعُ | رَفَعْنا | سَنَرْفَعُ |
| 2pl | تَرْفَعونَ | رَفَعْتُم | سَتَرْفَعونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْفَعونَ | رَفَعوا | سَيَرْفَعونَ |
Word family
رَفْعlifting, raising; the nominative case
رافِعةlever, crane, jack
رَفيعhigh, lofty; fine
اِرْتَفَعَto rise, to go up (Form VIII)
رِفْعةelevation, high standing
Etymology
رَفَعَ comes from the Semitic triliteral root ر-ف-ع (r-f-ʿ), which carries the sense of height and raising. In Form I the verb means to lift or raise, whether an object, a price, the voice, or a person's rank. The same root produces words for elevation, high standing, and the grammatical nominative case.
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