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رَفْع
raising /ˈrafʕ/
nounB1#1673 most common
Also: lifting, elevation, nominative case (in grammar)
Example sentences
رَفْعُ اليَدِ سَهْلٌ.
Raising the hand is easy.
رَفْعُ الصَّوْتِ مَمْنوعٌ في المَكْتَبَةِ.
Raising your voice is forbidden in the library.
طَلَبَ المُعَلِّمُ رَفْعَ العَلَمِ في الصَّباحِ.
The teacher asked for the raising of the flag in the morning.
قَرَّرَتِ الحُكومَةُ رَفْعَ أَسْعارِ الوَقودِ هٰذا الشَّهْرَ.
The government decided to raise fuel prices this month.
رَفْعُ الأَثْقالِ رِياضَةٌ تَتَطَلَّبُ قُوَّةً كَبيرَةً وَتَدْريباً مُنْتَظِماً.
Weightlifting is a sport that demands great strength and regular training.
في النَّحْوِ العَرَبِيِّ، عَلامَةُ الرَّفْعِ الأَصْلِيَّةُ هِيَ الضَّمَّةُ، وَتَنوبُ عَنْها الواوُ في جَمْعِ المُذَكَّرِ السّالِمِ.
In Arabic grammar, the original marker of the nominative case is the damma, and the waw stands in for it in the sound masculine plural.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَفْعٌ | — |
| Genitive | رَفْعٍ | — |
| Accusative | رَفْعاً | — |
| Vocative | يا رَفْعُ | — |
Word family
رَفَعَto raise, to lift
ارْتِفاعrise, altitude
رافِعَةlever, crane
مِرْفاعjack, hoist
رَفيعfine, thin, high-ranking
Etymology
The noun comes from the Semitic triliteral root r-f-ʿ, which carries the sense of lifting and raising. It is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb رَفَعَ, formed on the faʿl pattern. In grammar the same word names the nominative case, the state in which a noun is figuratively raised.
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