دفئ

See also: دفي

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root د ف ء (d-f-ʔ); compare دَفِئَ (dafiʔa, “to be warm”), دَفُؤَ (dafuʔa, “(same)”).

Adjective

دَفِئ • (dafiʔ) (feminine دَفِئَة (dafiʔa), elative أَدْفَأ (ʔadfaʔ))

1. warm

Declension

Declension of adjective دَفِئ (dafiʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَفِئ dafiʔ	الدَّفِئ ad-dafiʔ	دَفِئَة dafiʔa	الدَّفِئَة ad-dafiʔa
Nominative	دَفِئٌ dafiʔun	الدَّفِئُ ad-dafiʔu	دَفِئَةٌ dafiʔatun	الدَّفِئَةُ ad-dafiʔatu
Accusative	دَفِئًا dafiʔan	الدَّفِئَ ad-dafiʔa	دَفِئَةً dafiʔatan	الدَّفِئَةَ ad-dafiʔata
Genitive	دَفِئٍ dafiʔin	الدَّفِئِ ad-dafiʔi	دَفِئَةٍ dafiʔatin	الدَّفِئَةِ ad-dafiʔati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَفِئَيْن dafiʔayn	الدَّفِئَيْن ad-dafiʔayn	دَفِئَتَيْن dafiʔatayn	الدَّفِئَتَيْن ad-dafiʔatayn
Nominative	دَفِئَانِ dafiʔāni	الدَّفِئَانِ ad-dafiʔāni	دَفِئَتَانِ dafiʔatāni	الدَّفِئَتَانِ ad-dafiʔatāni
Accusative	دَفِئَيْنِ dafiʔayni	الدَّفِئَيْنِ ad-dafiʔayni	دَفِئَتَيْنِ dafiʔatayni	الدَّفِئَتَيْنِ ad-dafiʔatayni
Genitive	دَفِئَيْنِ dafiʔayni	الدَّفِئَيْنِ ad-dafiʔayni	دَفِئَتَيْنِ dafiʔatayni	الدَّفِئَتَيْنِ ad-dafiʔatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	دَفِئَات dafiʔāt	الدَّفِئَات ad-dafiʔāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	دَفِئَاتٌ dafiʔātun	الدَّفِئَاتُ ad-dafiʔātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	دَفِئَاتٍ dafiʔātin	الدَّفِئَاتِ ad-dafiʔāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	دَفِئَاتٍ dafiʔātin	الدَّفِئَاتِ ad-dafiʔāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دفئ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دفئ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Verb

دَفِّئْ • (daffiʔ) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)

Verb

دُفِّئَ • (duffiʔa) (form II)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)