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مَعْرِفَة
knowledge /ˈmaʕ.ri.fa/
nounA1#328 most common
Also: acquaintance, cognition, gnosis
Example sentences
المَعْرِفَةُ مُهِمَّةٌ.
Knowledge is important.
أُحِبُّ المَعْرِفَةَ وَالقِرَاءَةَ.
I love knowledge and reading.
لَهُ مَعْرِفَةٌ وَاسِعَةٌ بِالتَّارِيخِ.
He has broad knowledge of history.
تَزِيدُ القِرَاءَةُ مِنْ مَعْرِفَتِنَا بِالعَالَمِ.
Reading increases our knowledge of the world.
لَا قِيمَةَ لِلْمَعْرِفَةِ بِدُونِ تَطْبِيقٍ.
Knowledge has no value without application.
يَرَى الصُّوفِيُّونَ أَنَّ المَعْرِفَةَ الحَقِيقِيَّةَ هِيَ مَعْرِفَةُ اللهِ.
The Sufis hold that true knowledge is the knowledge of God.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْرِفَةٌ | مَعَارِفُ |
| Genitive | مَعْرِفَةٍ | مَعَارِفَ |
| Accusative | مَعْرِفَةً | مَعَارِفَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَعْرِفَةُ | يَا مَعَارِفُ |
Word family
عَرَفَto know, recognize
مَعْرُوفknown thing; kindness, goodتَعْرِيفdefinition; introductionعُرْفcustom, convention
اِعْتِرَافconfession, acknowledgement
Etymology
Maʿrifa is a verbal noun from the verb ʿarafa, to know or recognize, built on the Semitic root ʿ-r-f. The mīm prefix and the mafʿila pattern form a noun of the action: the act or state of knowing. The same root gives maʿrūf, what is known and so what is good, and taʿrīf, definition. The root leans toward knowing through familiarity rather than abstract study.
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