مدفأة

Arabic

Root
د ف ء (d-f-ʔ)

مِدْفَأَة

Alternative forms

• مِدْفَأ (midfaʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mid.fa.ʔa/

Noun

مِدْفَأَة • (midfaʔa) f (plural مَدَافِئ (madāfiʔ))

1. stove, heating stove
2. fireplace
3. radiator
4. (rare) firewood

Declension

Declension of noun مِدْفَأَة (midfaʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدْفَأَة midfaʔa	الْمِدْفَأَة al-midfaʔa	مِدْفَأَة midfaʔat
Nominative	مِدْفَأَةٌ midfaʔatun	الْمِدْفَأَةُ al-midfaʔatu	مِدْفَأَةُ midfaʔatu
Accusative	مِدْفَأَةً midfaʔatan	الْمِدْفَأَةَ al-midfaʔata	مِدْفَأَةَ midfaʔata
Genitive	مِدْفَأَةٍ midfaʔatin	الْمِدْفَأَةِ al-midfaʔati	مِدْفَأَةِ midfaʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدْفَأَتَيْن midfaʔatayn	الْمِدْفَأَتَيْن al-midfaʔatayn	مِدْفَأَتَيْ midfaʔatay
Nominative	مِدْفَأَتَانِ midfaʔatāni	الْمِدْفَأَتَانِ al-midfaʔatāni	مِدْفَأَتَا midfaʔatā
Accusative	مِدْفَأَتَيْنِ midfaʔatayni	الْمِدْفَأَتَيْنِ al-midfaʔatayni	مِدْفَأَتَيْ midfaʔatay
Genitive	مِدْفَأَتَيْنِ midfaʔatayni	الْمِدْفَأَتَيْنِ al-midfaʔatayni	مِدْفَأَتَيْ midfaʔatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَدَافِئ madāfiʔ	الْمَدَافِئ al-madāfiʔ	مَدَافِئ madāfiʔ
Nominative	مَدَافِئُ madāfiʔu	الْمَدَافِئُ al-madāfiʔu	مَدَافِئُ madāfiʔu
Accusative	مَدَافِئَ madāfiʔa	الْمَدَافِئَ al-madāfiʔa	مَدَافِئَ madāfiʔa
Genitive	مَدَافِئَ madāfiʔa	الْمَدَافِئِ al-madāfiʔi	مَدَافِئِ madāfiʔi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دفء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN