أَعْرَفَ
Root: عرف
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أَعْرَفَ
is mentioned in “ the Book ” of Sb as used in the phrase هٰذَا أَعْرَفَ مِنْ هٰذَا [meaning This is more known than this]: irregularly formed from مَعْرُوفٌ, not from عَارِفٌ.
def.2 Also A thing having what is termed عُرْف [i. e. a mane, or the like]: fem. عَرْفَآءُ: pl., masc. and fem., عُرْفٌ. It is applied to a horse, meaning Having a full mane, or much hair of the mane. And to a serpent such as is termed شَيْطَان [which is described as having an عُرْف]. And the fem. is applied to a she-camel, meaning High in the hump: or resembling the male: or long in her عُرْف [or mane]: or having what resembles the عُرْف by reason of her fatness: or having, upon her neck, fur like the عُرْف.
2 The fem. is also used as meaning The ضَبُع [i. e. hyena, or female hyena], because of the abundance of its hair of the neck, or because of the length of its عُرْف.
3 And one says سَنَامٌ أَعْرَفُ A long, or tall, camel's hump, having an عُرْف. And جَبَلٌ أَعْرَفُ
def.2 Also A thing having what is termed عُرْف [i. e. a mane, or the like]: fem. عَرْفَآءُ: pl., masc. and fem., عُرْفٌ. It is applied to a horse, meaning Having a full mane, or much hair of the mane. And to a serpent such as is termed شَيْطَان [which is described as having an عُرْف]. And the fem. is applied to a she-camel, meaning High in the hump: or resembling the male: or long in her عُرْف [or mane]: or having what resembles the عُرْف by reason of her fatness: or having, upon her neck, fur like the عُرْف.
2 The fem. is also used as meaning The ضَبُع [i. e. hyena, or female hyena], because of the abundance of its hair of the neck, or because of the length of its عُرْف.
3 And one says سَنَامٌ أَعْرَفُ A long, or tall, camel's hump, having an عُرْف. And جَبَلٌ أَعْرَفُ
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