دافئ

Arabic

Etymology
Root
د ف ء (d-f-ʔ)

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daː.fiʔ/
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Adjective

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

  1. 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
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
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