← Back to Lane's Lexicon

رفع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 ترفّع ذ (tropical:) He exalted himself; he was, or became, haughty, proud, or disdainful; syn. تَجَالَّ; (S in art. جل;) [and so فِى نَفْسِهِ ↓ ارتفع, occurring in the S in art. دكل, on the authority of AZ.] You say, فُلَانٌ يَتَرَفَّعُ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ (S ubi suprà, TA *) (tropical:) Such a one exalts himself above that; holds himself above it; disdains it; or is disdainful of it; syn. يَتَجَالُّ. (S ubi suprà.) And تَرَفَّعَتْ بِى هِمَّتِى عَنْ كَذَا (tropical:) [ My ambition raised me above such a thing; made me to hold myself above it, or to disdain it ]. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 8.

Derived headwords

ترفّعverb
  1. 1.
فِى نَفْسِهِ
فُلَانٌ يَتَرَفَّعُ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ
بِى هِمَّتِى عَنْ كَذَا