شريف

Arabic

Root
ش ر ف (š-r-f)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb شَرُفَ (šarufa, to be noble).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.riːf/
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Adjective

شَرِيف • (šarīf) (feminine شَرِيفَة (šarīfa), masculine plural شَرِيفُون (šarīfūn) or شُرَفَاء (šurafāʔ) or أَشْرَاف (ʔašrāf), feminine plural شَرِيفَات (šarīfāt) or شَرَائِف (šarāʔif), elative أَشْرَف (ʔašraf))

  1. noble, of noble lineage, honored, celebrated
    • Nizār Tawfīq Qabbānī (1923–1988), "يا فلسطين لا تنادي عليهم" (O Palestine, do not call upon them)
      كَمْ أُعَانِي مِمَّا كَتَبْتُ عَذَابًا
      وَيُعَانِي فِي شَرْقِنَا الشُّرَفَاءُ
      Kam ʾuʿānī mi'm-mā katabtu ʿaḏāba'w
      wa yuʿānī fī šarqina 'š-šurafāʾu
      How much do I suffer as a punishment from what I have written? / And [oh, how] our honoured ones in the East are suffering!
  2. excellent, eminent

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