Appendix:Arabic roots/ر ج ف

Arabic

Root

ر ج ف • (r j f)

1. related to being in a state of motion, commotion, agitation, disturbance, turbulence, shaking, or vibrating violently

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: رَجَفَ (rajafa, “to quake”)
  • Active participle: رَاجِف (rājif)
  • Passive participle: مَرْجُوف (marjūf)
• Form IV: أَرْجَفَ (ʔarjafa, “to make tremble; to spread lies”)
  • Verbal noun: إِرْجَاف (ʔirjāf)
  • Active participle: مُرْجِف (murjif)
  • Passive participle: مُرْجَف (murjaf)
• Form VIII: اِرْتَجَفَ (irtajafa, “to tremble”)
  • Verbal noun: اِرْتِجَاف (irtijāf)
  • Active participle: مُرْتَجِف (murtajif)
  • Passive participle: مُرْتَجَف (murtajaf)

Nouns

• رَجْفَة (rajfa, “earthquake”)
• اِرْجَاف (irjāf, “false rumor”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “رجف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz