ثقف

See also: تقف and تفق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ث ق ف (ṯ-q-f).

Verb

ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) I, non-past يَثْقَفُ‎ (yaṯqafu)
ثَقُفَ (ṯaqufa) I, non-past يَثْقُفُ‎ (yaṯqufu)

  1. to have a sharp and penetrating intellect
  2. to be clever and successful
  3. to surpass in intellect
Conjugation
References

Verb

ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) I, non-past يَثْقَفُ‎ (yaṯqafu)

  1. to meet
  2. to reach
  3. to seize, to take hold of
  4. to understand
  5. to obtain, to find
    Synonyms: وَجَدَ (wajada), أَلْفَى (ʔalfā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:112:
      ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ
      ḍuribat ʕalayhimu ḏ-ḏillatu ʔayna mā ṯuqifū ʔillā biḥablin mina l-lahi waḥablin mina n-nāsi
      Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever they are found save (where they grasp) a rope from Allah and a rope from men.
      Translation by Marmaduke Pickthall
Conjugation
References

Verb

ثَقَّفَ (ṯaqqafa) II, non-past يُثَقِّفُ‎ (yuṯaqqifu)

  1. to straighten
  2. to educate, to refine
  3. to correct
  4. to confiscate
  5. to arrest
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), ثقف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ثقف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

ثَقْف or ثَقَف (ṯaqf or ṯaqaf) m

  1. verbal noun of ثَقِفَ (ṯaqifa) (form I)
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ث ق ف

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَّفَ (ṯaqqafa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θaq.qaf/, [ˈθɑq.qɑf]
  • (file)

Verb

ثقّف (ṯaqqaf) (form II, present بثقّف (biṯaqqef))

  1. to educate, to acculture

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ثقّف (ṯaqqaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ثقّفت (ṯaqqaft) ثقّفت (ṯaqqaft) ثقّف (ṯaqqaf) ثقّفنا (ṯaqqafna) ثقّفتو (ṯaqqaftu) ثقّفو (ṯaqqafu)
f ثقّفتي (ṯaqqafti) ثقّفت (ṯaqqafat)
present m بثقّف (baṯaqqef) بتثقّف (bitṯaqqef) بثقّف (biṯaqqef) منثقّف (minṯaqqef) بتثقّفو (bitṯaqqfu) بثقّفو (biṯaqqfu)
f بتثقّفي (bitṯaqqfi) بتثقّف (bitṯaqqef)
subjunctive m اثقّف (aṯaqqef) تثقّف (tṯaqqef) يثقّف (yṯaqqef) نثقّف (nṯaqqef) تثقّفو (tṯaqqfu) يثقّفو (yṯaqqfu)
f تثقّفي (tṯaqqfi) تثقّف (tṯaqqef)
imperative m ثقّف (ṯaqqef) ثقّفو (ṯaqqfu)
f ثقّفي (ṯaqqfi)
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