متطرف

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ط ر ف (ṭ-r-f)

Derived from the active participle of تَطَرَّفَ (taṭarrafa, to be extreme, to be radical).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ta.tˤar.rif/

Adjective

مُتَطَرِّف • (mutaṭarrif) (feminine مُتَطَرِّفَة (mutaṭarrifa), masculine plural مُتَطَرِّفُونَ (mutaṭarrifūna), feminine plural مُتَطَرِّفَات (mutaṭarrifāt))

  1. extreme
  2. (politics) radical
  3. (statistics) extreme (value, etc)

Declension

Noun

مُتَطَرِّف • (mutaṭarrif) m (plural مُتَطَرِّفُون (mutaṭarrifūn), feminine مُتَطَرِّفَة (mutaṭarrifa))

  1. (politics) extremist, radical

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “طرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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