أدفأ

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
د ف ء (d f ʔ)
9 terms

Elative of دَفِئ (dafiʔ, “warm”) and دَافِئ (dāfiʔ, “(same)”).

Adjective

أَدْفَأ • (ʔadfaʔ) (feminine دُفْأَى (dufʔā), masculine plural أَدَافِئ (ʔadāfiʔ), feminine plural دُفْأَيَات (dufʔayāt))

1. elative degree of دَفِئ (dafiʔ), elative degree of دَافِئ (dāfiʔ):
   1. warmer; warmest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَدْفَأ (ʔadfaʔ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْفَأ ʔadfaʔ	الْأَدْفَأ al-ʔadfaʔ	دُفْأَى dufʔā	الدُّفْأَى ad-dufʔā
Nominative	أَدْفَأُ ʔadfaʔu	الْأَدْفَأُ al-ʔadfaʔu	دُفْأَى dufʔā	الدُّفْأَى ad-dufʔā
Accusative	أَدْفَأَ ʔadfaʔa	الْأَدْفَأَ al-ʔadfaʔa	دُفْأَى dufʔā	الدُّفْأَى ad-dufʔā
Genitive	أَدْفَأَ ʔadfaʔa	الْأَدْفَأِ al-ʔadfaʔi	دُفْأَى dufʔā	الدُّفْأَى ad-dufʔā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْفَأَيْن ʔadfaʔayn	الْأَدْفَأَيْن al-ʔadfaʔayn	دُفْأَيَيْن dufʔayayn	الدُّفْأَيَيْن ad-dufʔayayn
Nominative	أَدْفَآنِ ʔadfaʔāni	الْأَدْفَآنِ al-ʔadfaʔāni	دُفْأَيَانِ dufʔayāni	الدُّفْأَيَانِ ad-dufʔayāni
Accusative	أَدْفَأَيْنِ ʔadfaʔayni	الْأَدْفَأَيْنِ al-ʔadfaʔayni	دُفْأَيَيْنِ dufʔayayni	الدُّفْأَيَيْنِ ad-dufʔayayni
Genitive	أَدْفَأَيْنِ ʔadfaʔayni	الْأَدْفَأَيْنِ al-ʔadfaʔayni	دُفْأَيَيْنِ dufʔayayni	الدُّفْأَيَيْنِ ad-dufʔayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدَافِئ ʔadāfiʔ	الْأَدَافِئ al-ʔadāfiʔ	دُفْأَيَات dufʔayāt	الدُّفْأَيَات ad-dufʔayāt
Nominative	أَدَافِئُ ʔadāfiʔu	الْأَدَافِئُ al-ʔadāfiʔu	دُفْأَيَاتٌ dufʔayātun	الدُّفْأَيَاتُ ad-dufʔayātu
Accusative	أَدَافِئَ ʔadāfiʔa	الْأَدَافِئَ al-ʔadāfiʔa	دُفْأَيَاتٍ dufʔayātin	الدُّفْأَيَاتِ ad-dufʔayāti
Genitive	أَدَافِئَ ʔadāfiʔa	الْأَدَافِئِ al-ʔadāfiʔi	دُفْأَيَاتٍ dufʔayātin	الدُّفْأَيَاتِ ad-dufʔayāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أدفأ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 1.2

Verb

أدفأ (form II)

1. أُدَفَّأُ (ʔudaffaʔu) /ʔu.daf.fa.ʔu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)
2. أُدَفَّأَ (ʔudaffaʔa) /ʔu.daf.fa.ʔa/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)
3. أُدَفَّأْ (ʔudaffaʔ) /ʔu.daf.faʔ/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of دَفَّأَ (daffaʔa)