See also: د ق ع

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
د ف ع (d-f-ʕ)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /da.fa.ʕa/
  • (file)

Verb edit

دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) I, non-past يَدْفَعُ‎ (yadfaʕu)

  1. to pay
  2. to push, to push away, to drive away
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Maltese: tefa’

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

دَفْع (dafʕm

  1. verbal noun of دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) (form I)
  2. pay, payment
  3. push
  4. thrust, thrusting
  5. propulsion
Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Noun edit

دفع (def, defi)

  1. repulsion
  2. expulsion
  3. (law) defense

Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “def”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 574b

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
د ف ع
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /da.faʕ/, [ˈda.faʕ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

دفع (dafaʕ) I (present بدفع (bidfaʕ))

  1. to push
    Synonym: دفش (dafaš)
    Antonyms: سحب (saḥab), شدّ (šadd)
  2. to pay

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of دفع (dafaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دفعت (dafaʕt) دفعت (dafaʕt) دفع (dafaʕ) دفعنا (dafaʕna) دفعتو (dafaʕtu) دفعو (dafaʕu)
f دفعتي (dafaʕti) دفعت (dafʕat)
present m بدفع (badfaʕ) بتدفع (btidfaʕ) بدفع (bidfaʕ) مندفع (mnidfaʕ) بتدفعو (btidfaʕu) بدفعو (bidfaʕu)
f بتدفعي (btidfaʕi) بتدفع (btidfaʕ)
subjunctive m أدفع (ʔadfaʕ) تدفع (tidfaʕ) يدفع (yidfaʕ) ندفع (nidfaʕ) تدفعو (tidfaʕu) يدفعو (yidfaʕu)
f تدفعي (tidfaʕi) تدفع (tidfaʕ)
imperative m ادفع (idfaʕ) ادفعو (idfaʕu)
f ادفعي (idfaʕi)