شريف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ر ف‎ (š-r-f).

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

Declension

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