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مَعْرُوف
well-known /maʕˈruːf/
adjectiveA2#785 most common
Also: known, recognized, famous
Example sentences
هٰذا المطعم معروف.
This restaurant is well-known.
هي كاتبة معروفة في بلدنا.
She is a well-known writer in our country.
أصبح هٰذا المغني معروفًا في كل البلاد.
This singer became famous throughout the country.
من المعروف أن التدخين يضر بالصحة.
It is well-known that smoking harms one's health.
كان العالِم معروفًا بين زملائه بدقته وأمانته.
The scholar was known among his colleagues for his precision and honesty.
لم يكن اسمه معروفًا إلا في دوائر ضيقة قبل أن تنتشر أعماله.
His name was known only in narrow circles before his works spread.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْرُوفٌ | مَعْرُوفُونَ |
| Genitive | مَعْرُوفٍ | مَعْرُوفِينَ |
| Accusative | مَعْرُوفًا | مَعْرُوفِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَعْرُوفُ | يا مَعْرُوفُونَ |
Word family
عَرَفَ (ʿarafa)to know, to recognize
مَعْرِفة (maʿrifa)knowledge
تَعْرِيف (taʿrīf)definition; introduction
عُرْف (ʿurf)custom, convention
عَرَّاف (ʿarrāf)fortune-teller, soothsayer
Etymology
This is the passive participle of the verb عَرَفَ (ʿarafa), "to know, to recognize." It is built on the maf‘ūl template, which turns a root into "the one that is acted upon," so the literal force is "the thing that is known." The triliteral root ع-ر-ف is old and productive in Arabic, and it also yields the noun for knowledge and the word for custom.
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