تَعَجْرَفَ
Root: عجرف
Form: Q. 2
Full Definition
تَعَجْرَفَ
He took what was not the right course, being refractory, or untractable: [or he went obliquely, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness: or he was as though he were rough, ungentle, or awkward, in going, when tired, and wanting in due care, by reason of speed; and likewise said of a man:] see عَجْرَفِيَّةٌ.
2 Also He magnified himself عَلَيْنَا against us. And رَجُلٌ فِيهِ تَعَجْرُفٌ [A man in whom is self-magnification].
3 And. فُلَانٌ يَتَعَجْرَفُ عَلَىَّ, or عَلَيْهِمْ, Such a one does to me, or to them, what I, or they, dislike, or hate, he not fearing, or dreading, anything.
4 And تَعَجْرَفَ الأَمْرَ He ventured upon, or undertook, the affair, not having knowledge in it.
2 Also He magnified himself عَلَيْنَا against us. And رَجُلٌ فِيهِ تَعَجْرُفٌ [A man in whom is self-magnification].
3 And. فُلَانٌ يَتَعَجْرَفُ عَلَىَّ, or عَلَيْهِمْ, Such a one does to me, or to them, what I, or they, dislike, or hate, he not fearing, or dreading, anything.
4 And تَعَجْرَفَ الأَمْرَ He ventured upon, or undertook, the affair, not having knowledge in it.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more