دافئ

Arabic

Etymology

Root
د ف ء (d f ʔ)
9 terms

Derived from the active participle of دَفِئَ (dafiʔa, “to be warm”) and دَفُؤَ (dafuʔa, “to be warm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daː.fiʔ/

Adjective

دَافِئ • (dāfiʔ) (feminine دَافِئَة (dāfiʔa), masculine plural دَافِئُون (dāfiʔūn), feminine plural دَافِئَات (dāfiʔāt), elative أَدْفَأ (ʔadfaʔ))

warm
Synonym: دَفِيء (dafīʔ)

Declension

Declension of adjective **دَافِئ** (dāfiʔ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	دَافِئ dāfiʔ	الدَّافِئ ad-dāfiʔ	دَافِئَة dāfiʔa	الدَّافِئَة ad-dāfiʔa
nominative	دَافِئٌ dāfiʔun	الدَّافِئُ ad-dāfiʔu	دَافِئَةٌ dāfiʔatun	الدَّافِئَةُ ad-dāfiʔatu
accusative	دَافِئًا dāfiʔan	الدَّافِئَ ad-dāfiʔa	دَافِئَةً dāfiʔatan	الدَّافِئَةَ ad-dāfiʔata
genitive	دَافِئٍ dāfiʔin	الدَّافِئِ ad-dāfiʔi	دَافِئَةٍ dāfiʔatin	الدَّافِئَةِ ad-dāfiʔati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	دَافِئَيْن dāfiʔayn	الدَّافِئَيْن ad-dāfiʔayn	دَافِئَتَيْن dāfiʔatayn	الدَّافِئَتَيْن ad-dāfiʔatayn
nominative	دَافِئَانِ dāfiʔāni	الدَّافِئَانِ ad-dāfiʔāni	دَافِئَتَانِ dāfiʔatāni	الدَّافِئَتَانِ ad-dāfiʔatāni
accusative	دَافِئَيْنِ dāfiʔayni	الدَّافِئَيْنِ ad-dāfiʔayni	دَافِئَتَيْنِ dāfiʔatayni	الدَّافِئَتَيْنِ ad-dāfiʔatayni
genitive	دَافِئَيْنِ dāfiʔayni	الدَّافِئَيْنِ ad-dāfiʔayni	دَافِئَتَيْنِ dāfiʔatayni	الدَّافِئَتَيْنِ ad-dāfiʔatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	دَافِئِين dāfiʔīn	الدَّافِئِين ad-dāfiʔīn	دَافِئَات dāfiʔāt	الدَّافِئَات ad-dāfiʔāt
nominative	دَافِئُونَ dāfiʔūna	الدَّافِئُونَ ad-dāfiʔūna	دَافِئَاتٌ dāfiʔātun	الدَّافِئَاتُ ad-dāfiʔātu
accusative	دَافِئِينَ dāfiʔīna	الدَّافِئِينَ ad-dāfiʔīna	دَافِئَاتٍ dāfiʔātin	الدَّافِئَاتِ ad-dāfiʔāti
genitive	دَافِئِينَ dāfiʔīna	الدَّافِئِينَ ad-dāfiʔīna	دَافِئَاتٍ dāfiʔātin	الدَّافِئَاتِ ad-dāfiʔāti

Descendants

Maltese: diefi
Moroccan Arabic: دافي (dāfi)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “دفء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN