# تعرف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Compare عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

تَعَرَّفَ • (taʕarrafa) V (non-past يَتَعَرَّفُ (yataʕarrafu), verbal noun تَعَرُّف (taʕarruf))
* to become acquainted, with, to meet [with بِ (bi) or إِلَى (ʔilā) ‘someone’]
    تَعَرَّفْنَا فِي الْجَامِعَة. ― taʕarrafnā fī l-jāmiʕa. ― We got to know each other in college.
    عِنْدَمَا الْتَقَيْتُ بِهِ لِأَوَّلِ مَرَّةٍ، بَدَأْنَا نَتَعَرَّفُ عَلَى بَعْضِنَا الْبَعْضِ. ― ʕindamā l-taqaytu bihi liʔawwali marratin, badaʔnā nataʕarrafu ʕalā baʕḍinā l-baʕḍi. ― When I met him for the first time, we started to get to know each other.
* to recognize [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
* (transitive) to trace, to discover
* (grammar) (for a noun) to be or to become definite

##### References

* Mace, John (2007) “تعرف”, in Arabic Verbs, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “عرف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

تَعَرُّف • (taʕarruf) m
* verbal noun of تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa) (form V)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Verb

تعرف (form I)
* تَعْرِفُ (taʕrifu) /taʕ.ri.fu/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُعْرَفُ (tuʕrafu) /tuʕ.ra.fu/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تَعْرِفَ (taʕrifa) /taʕ.ri.fa/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُعْرَفَ (tuʕrafa) /tuʕ.ra.fa/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تَعْرِفْ (taʕrif) /taʕ.rif/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُعْرَفْ (tuʕraf) /tuʕ.raf/: inflection of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

تعرف (form II)
* تُعَرِّفُ (tuʕarrifu) /tu.ʕar.ri.fu/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
* تُعَرَّفُ (tuʕarrafu) /tu.ʕar.ra.fu/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
* تُعَرِّفَ (tuʕarrifa) /tu.ʕar.ri.fa/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
* تُعَرَّفَ (tuʕarrafa) /tu.ʕar.ra.fa/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
* تُعَرِّفْ (tuʕarrif) /tu.ʕar.rif/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
* تُعَرَّفْ (tuʕarraf) /tu.ʕar.raf/: inflection of عَرَّفَ (ʕarrafa):
** second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
** third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَعَرَّفَ (taʕarrafa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʕar.raf/, [ɪtˈʕɑrˤ.rˤɑf]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

تعرّف • (tʕarraf) V (present بتعرّف (bitʕarraf), subjunctive يتعرّف (yitʕarraf))
* to meet, to get to know
    ممكن هاي فرصة تتعرّف على صحاب جداد.mumken hāy furṣa titʕarraf ʕala ṣḥāb jdādThis could be an opportunity to meet new friends.
* to introduce oneself