مدافع

Arabic

Root
د ف ع (d f ʕ)
9 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa, “to defend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.daː.fiʕ/

Noun

مُدَافِع • (mudāfiʕ) (feminine مُدَافِعَة (mudāfiʕa), masculine plural مُدَافِعُونَ (mudāfiʕūna), feminine plural مُدَافِعَات (mudāfiʕāt))

1. defender

Declension

Declension of adjective مُدَافِع (mudāfiʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدَافِع mudāfiʕ	الْمُدَافِع al-mudāfiʕ	مُدَافِعَة mudāfiʕa	الْمُدَافِعَة al-mudāfiʕa
Nominative	مُدَافِعٌ mudāfiʕun	الْمُدَافِعُ al-mudāfiʕu	مُدَافِعَةٌ mudāfiʕatun	الْمُدَافِعَةُ al-mudāfiʕatu
Accusative	مُدَافِعًا mudāfiʕan	الْمُدَافِعَ al-mudāfiʕa	مُدَافِعَةً mudāfiʕatan	الْمُدَافِعَةَ al-mudāfiʕata
Genitive	مُدَافِعٍ mudāfiʕin	الْمُدَافِعِ al-mudāfiʕi	مُدَافِعَةٍ mudāfiʕatin	الْمُدَافِعَةِ al-mudāfiʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُدَافِعَيْن mudāfiʕayn	الْمُدَافِعَيْن al-mudāfiʕayn	مُدَافِعَتَيْن mudāfiʕatayn	الْمُدَافِعَتَيْن al-mudāfiʕatayn
Nominative	مُدَافِعَانِ mudāfiʕāni	الْمُدَافِعَانِ al-mudāfiʕāni	مُدَافِعَتَانِ mudāfiʕatāni	الْمُدَافِعَتَانِ al-mudāfiʕatāni
Accusative	مُدَافِعَيْنِ mudāfiʕayni	الْمُدَافِعَيْنِ al-mudāfiʕayni	مُدَافِعَتَيْنِ mudāfiʕatayni	الْمُدَافِعَتَيْنِ al-mudāfiʕatayni
Genitive	مُدَافِعَيْنِ mudāfiʕayni	الْمُدَافِعَيْنِ al-mudāfiʕayni	مُدَافِعَتَيْنِ mudāfiʕatayni	الْمُدَافِعَتَيْنِ al-mudāfiʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مُدَافِعَات mudāfiʕāt	الْمُدَافِعَات al-mudāfiʕāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مُدَافِعَاتٌ mudāfiʕātun	الْمُدَافِعَاتُ al-mudāfiʕātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مُدَافِعَاتٍ mudāfiʕātin	الْمُدَافِعَاتِ al-mudāfiʕāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مُدَافِعَاتٍ mudāfiʕātin	الْمُدَافِعَاتِ al-mudāfiʕāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مدافع (müdâfi')
  • → Turkish: müdafi
• → Persian: مدافع
• → Uzbek: mudofe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.daː.fiʕ/

Noun

مَدَافِع • (madāfiʕ) m pl

1. plural of مِدْفَع (midfaʕ)

Pashto

Noun

مدافع • (mudāfí) m

1. defender, advocate

References

• “مدافع”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “مدافع”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدَافِع (mudāfiʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.ðɑː.ˈfiʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪ɑː.fɪ́ʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪ɑː.fɪ́ʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.d̪ɑː.fɪ́]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.d̪ɔː.fí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.d̪ɒː.féʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.d̪ɔ.féʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	muḏāfi'
Dari reading?	mudāfe'
Iranian reading?	modâfe'
Tajik reading?	mudofeʾ

Noun

مدافع • (modâfe')

1. defender, advocate

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مدافع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim