دفئ

See also: دفي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ف ء (d f ʔ)
9 terms

Compare دَفِئَ (dafiʔa, “to be warm”), دَفُؤَ (dafuʔa, “(same)”).

Adjective

دَفِئ • (dafiʔ) (feminine دَفِئَة (dafiʔa), elative أَدْفَأ (ʔadfaʔ))

warm

Declension

Declension of adjective **دَفِئ** (dafiʔ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	دَفِئ dafiʔ	الدَّفِئ ad-dafiʔ	دَفِئَة dafiʔa	الدَّفِئَة ad-dafiʔa
nominative	دَفِئٌ dafiʔun	الدَّفِئُ ad-dafiʔu	دَفِئَةٌ dafiʔatun	الدَّفِئَةُ ad-dafiʔatu
accusative	دَفِئًا dafiʔan	الدَّفِئَ ad-dafiʔa	دَفِئَةً dafiʔatan	الدَّفِئَةَ ad-dafiʔata
genitive	دَفِئٍ dafiʔin	الدَّفِئِ ad-dafiʔi	دَفِئَةٍ dafiʔatin	الدَّفِئَةِ ad-dafiʔati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	دَفِئَيْن dafiʔayn	الدَّفِئَيْن ad-dafiʔayn	دَفِئَتَيْن dafiʔatayn	الدَّفِئَتَيْن ad-dafiʔatayn
nominative	دَفِئَانِ dafiʔāni	الدَّفِئَانِ ad-dafiʔāni	دَفِئَتَانِ dafiʔatāni	الدَّفِئَتَانِ ad-dafiʔatāni
accusative	دَفِئَيْنِ dafiʔayni	الدَّفِئَيْنِ ad-dafiʔayni	دَفِئَتَيْنِ dafiʔatayni	الدَّفِئَتَيْنِ ad-dafiʔatayni
genitive	دَفِئَيْنِ dafiʔayni	الدَّفِئَيْنِ ad-dafiʔayni	دَفِئَتَيْنِ dafiʔatayni	الدَّفِئَتَيْنِ ad-dafiʔatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	دَفِئَات dafiʔāt	الدَّفِئَات ad-dafiʔāt
nominative	?	?	دَفِئَاتٌ dafiʔātun	الدَّفِئَاتُ ad-dafiʔātu
accusative	?	?	دَفِئَاتٍ dafiʔātin	الدَّفِئَاتِ ad-dafiʔāti
genitive	?	?	دَفِئَاتٍ dafiʔātin	الدَّفِئَاتِ ad-dafiʔāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دفئ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “دفئ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

دفئ (form II)

دُفِّئَ (duffiʔa) /duf.fi.ʔa/: third-person masculine singular past passive of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)
دَفِّئْ (daffiʔ) /daf.fiʔ/: second-person masculine singular imperative of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)