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