عَرِيفٌ
Root: عرف
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عَرِيفٌ
: see عَارِفٌ, first sentence.
2 [Hence,] One who knows his companions: pl. عُرَفَآءُ. The chief, or head, of a people, or party; because he knows the states, or conditions, of those over whom he acts as such; or because he is known as such [so that it is from the same word in the last of the senses assigned to it in this paragraph]; or because of his acquaintance with the ordering, or management, of them: or the نَقِيب [or intendant, superintendent, overseer, or inspector, who takes cognizance of, and is responsible for, the actions of a people], who is below the رَئِيس: or the manager and superintendent of the affairs, who acquaints himself with the circumstances, or a tribe, or of a company of men; of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: or the orderer, or manager, of the affairs of a people, or party; as also عَارِفٌ : pl. as above: it is said that he is over a few persons, and the مَنْكِب is over five عُرَقَآء, then the أَمِير is over these. It is said in a trad. that the عُرَفَآء are in Hell, as a caution against undertaking the office of chief, or head, on account of the trial that is therein; for when one does not perform the duty thereof, he sins, and deserves punishment.
3 [It is now used as meaning A monitor in a school, who hears the lessons of the other scholars.]
def.2 See also مَعْرُوفٌ, with which it is syn.
2 [Hence,] One who knows his companions: pl. عُرَفَآءُ. The chief, or head, of a people, or party; because he knows the states, or conditions, of those over whom he acts as such; or because he is known as such [so that it is from the same word in the last of the senses assigned to it in this paragraph]; or because of his acquaintance with the ordering, or management, of them: or the نَقِيب [or intendant, superintendent, overseer, or inspector, who takes cognizance of, and is responsible for, the actions of a people], who is below the رَئِيس: or the manager and superintendent of the affairs, who acquaints himself with the circumstances, or a tribe, or of a company of men; of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: or the orderer, or manager, of the affairs of a people, or party; as also عَارِفٌ : pl. as above: it is said that he is over a few persons, and the مَنْكِب is over five عُرَقَآء, then the أَمِير is over these. It is said in a trad. that the عُرَفَآء are in Hell, as a caution against undertaking the office of chief, or head, on account of the trial that is therein; for when one does not perform the duty thereof, he sins, and deserves punishment.
3 [It is now used as meaning A monitor in a school, who hears the lessons of the other scholars.]
def.2 See also مَعْرُوفٌ, with which it is syn.
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