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مُنْحَرِف
deviant /ˈmunħarif/
adjectiveB1#2956 most common
Also: crooked, corrupt, delinquent
Example sentences
هذا رجل منحرف.
This is a deviant man.
سلوكه منحرف جدًا.
His behavior is very deviant.
يعتقد الجيران أنه شاب منحرف.
The neighbors believe he is a delinquent young man.
انتشرت الجريمة بسبب الشباب المنحرفين في الحي.
Crime spread because of the deviant youths in the neighborhood.
تسعى الدولة إلى إصلاح الأفراد المنحرفين اجتماعيًا.
The state seeks to reform socially deviant individuals.
يرى عالم الاجتماع أن الانحراف الفكري غالبًا ما ينشأ من بيئة منحرفة القيم.
The sociologist holds that intellectual deviance often arises from an environment with corrupted values.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُنْحَرِفٌ | مُنْحَرِفُونَ |
| Genitive | مُنْحَرِفٍ | مُنْحَرِفِينَ |
| Accusative | مُنْحَرِفًا | مُنْحَرِفِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُنْحَرِفُ | يا مُنْحَرِفُونَ |
Word family
انحرف (inḥarafa)to deviate, swerve, turn aside
انحراف (inḥirāf)deviation, aberration
حرف (ḥarf)letter; edge
تحريف (taḥrīf)distortion, falsification
محرّف (muḥarraf)distorted, altered
Etymology
مُنْحَرِف is the active participle of the Form VII verb انحرف (inḥarafa), meaning to swerve, turn aside, or deviate. Form VII in Arabic typically adds a reflexive or spontaneous sense to the base root, so inḥarafa reads as 'to turn oneself away.' The root ح-ر-ف also gives حرف (ḥarf), meaning both 'edge' and 'letter,' tying the idea of deviation to the notion of veering off an edge or line.
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