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ع-ر-ف

knowing, recognizing

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فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- عَرَفَ
  to know (a person, a fact); to recognize
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  يَعْرِفُ
  Command
  اِعْرِفْ
  أَعْرِفُ I know; لَا أَعْرِفُ I don't know
مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَعْرُوفٌ
  known, well-known; (noun) a favour, a good deed
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  Feminine
  مَعْرُوفَةٌ
تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَعَرَّفَ
  to get to know (تَعَرَّفَ عَلَى)
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  يَتَعَرَّفُ
  Command
  تَعَرَّفْ
مَفْعِلَة
Noun مَفْعِلَة
مَفْعِلَة = a noun of result or place with i
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- مَعْرِفَةٌ
  knowledge, acquaintance
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تَفَاعَلَ
Form VI verb
تَفَاعَلَ = do it to each other
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- تَعَارَفَ
  to get acquainted with one another
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  يَتَعَارَفُ
تَفَاعُل
Masdar of form VI
تَفَاعُل = the -ing of a form VI verb
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- تَعَارُفٌ
  getting acquainted, introductions
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فَعَّلَ
Form II verb
فَعَّلَ = make someone do it / do it a lot
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- عَرَّفَ
  to introduce (someone to someone); to define
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  يُعَرِّفُ
  Command
  عَرِّفْ
تَفْعِيل
Masdar of form II
تَفْعِيل = the -ing of a form II verb
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- تَعْرِيفٌ
  introduction; definition; identification
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  بِطَاقَةُ التَّعْرِيفِ ID card; أَدَاةُ التَّعْرِيفِ the definite article
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- عَارِفٌ
  knowing, aware
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اِفْتَعَلَ
Form VIII verb
اِفْتَعَلَ = do it for yourself, together
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- اِعْتَرَفَ
  to admit, confess; to recognize officially
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  يَعْتَرِفُ

How the patterns shape this root

عَرَفَ is to know a person or a fact: أَعْرِفُ, I know, لَا أَعْرِفُ, I don't know — unlike عَلِمَ, it includes recognizing people. مَعْرُوف (مَفْعُول) is 'known', hence well-known, and also a favour everybody recognizes as good. Form V تَعَرَّفَ عَلَى is to get to know someone; form VI تَعَارَفَ is when two people get acquainted, and its noun تَعَارُف is the round of introductions. Form II عَرَّفَ makes something known — to introduce or to define — so تَعْرِيف is an introduction, a definition, or an ID.

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