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عترف

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts related to boldness, audacity, and sometimes negative traits like wickedness or treachery. It can also refer to specific animals or actions associated with these qualities.

Derived headwords

عَتْرِيفadjective
  1. 1.
    wicked, audaciousclassical

    Describes a person who is wicked, impudent, audacious, and forward in their actions.

عَتْرُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    wicked, audaciousclassical

    Similar to عَتْرِيف, describing someone who is wicked, impudent, audacious, and forward.

العَتْرَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    roosterclassical

    A term for a rooster, specifically when the initial consonant is vocalized with dammah.

Parallel reading

رجل عتريف وعتروف، أي خبيث فاجر جرئ ماض.
A man is 'atrīf and 'atrūf, meaning wicked, impudent, audacious, and forward.
والعترفان بالضم: الديك.
And al-'atrafān (with dammah) means the rooster.