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مَعْرِفَةٌ

Root: عرف

Full Definition

مَعْرِفَةٌ a subst. [signifying Knowledge, cognition, cognizance, or acquaintance; &c.: as such having for its pl. مَعَارِفُ, meaning sorts of knowledge:] from عَرَفَهُ signifying as expl. in the beginning of this art.: or an Verbal.Noun therefrom.
2 See also مَعْرَفٌ, last sentence but one.
3 [In grammar, A determinate noun; opposed to نَكِرَةٌ.]
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