شَرُفَ
Root: شرف
Form: 1
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شَرُفَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرَفٌ and شَرَافَةٌ, said of a man, He was, or became, high, elevated, exalted, or eminent, [in rank, condition, or estimation,] in respect of religion or of worldly things: [generally meaning he was high-born, or noble:] part. n. شَرِيفٌ [q. v.]. [See also شَرَفٌ, below.]
2 [Hence one says,] شَرُفَتْ نَفْسُهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ His soul was above the thing; disdained, or scorned, it. (L in art. انف.)
3 شَرَفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, and شَرُفَت, Present.T of each ـُ Verbal.Noun شُرُوفٌ, reg. as of the former verb, and irreg. as of the latter, The she-camel was, or became, such as is termed شَارِفٌ [q. v.].
def.2 شَرَفَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرْفٌ, He overcame him, or surpassed him, in شَرَف [i. e. highness, elevation, or eminence, of rank, condition, or estimation; or nobility]; and so شَرُفَ عَلَيْهِ: or he excelled him (طَالَهُ, K, TA, in the CK [erroneously] طاوَلَهُ,) in the grounds of pretension to respect or honour (فِى الحَسَبِ). See 3.
2 شَرَفَ الحَائِطَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرْفٌ, He put to the wall a شُرْفَة [q. v.]. [See also 2.]
def.3 شَرِفَتِ الأُذُنُ, and شَرِفَ المَنْكِبُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَرَفٌ, The ear, and in like manner the shoulder, was, or became, high, and prominent: or, as some say, stood up.
def.4 And شَرِفَ, [from شَرَفٌ signifying the “ hump ” of a camel,] said of a man, He kept constantly, or continually, to the eating of the [camel's] hump.
2 [Hence one says,] شَرُفَتْ نَفْسُهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ His soul was above the thing; disdained, or scorned, it. (L in art. انف.)
3 شَرَفَتِ النَّاقَةُ, and شَرُفَت, Present.T of each ـُ Verbal.Noun شُرُوفٌ, reg. as of the former verb, and irreg. as of the latter, The she-camel was, or became, such as is termed شَارِفٌ [q. v.].
def.2 شَرَفَهُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرْفٌ, He overcame him, or surpassed him, in شَرَف [i. e. highness, elevation, or eminence, of rank, condition, or estimation; or nobility]; and so شَرُفَ عَلَيْهِ: or he excelled him (طَالَهُ, K, TA, in the CK [erroneously] طاوَلَهُ,) in the grounds of pretension to respect or honour (فِى الحَسَبِ). See 3.
2 شَرَفَ الحَائِطَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun شَرْفٌ, He put to the wall a شُرْفَة [q. v.]. [See also 2.]
def.3 شَرِفَتِ الأُذُنُ, and شَرِفَ المَنْكِبُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun شَرَفٌ, The ear, and in like manner the shoulder, was, or became, high, and prominent: or, as some say, stood up.
def.4 And شَرِفَ, [from شَرَفٌ signifying the “ hump ” of a camel,] said of a man, He kept constantly, or continually, to the eating of the [camel's] hump.
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