مدفأ

Arabic

Root
د ف ء (d f ʔ)
9 terms

مِدْفَأ

Alternative forms

• مِدْفَأَة (midfaʔa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mid.faʔ/

Noun

مِدْفَأ • (midfaʔ) m (plural مَدَافِئ (madāfiʔ))

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

Declension

Declension of noun مِدْفَأ (midfaʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدْفَأ midfaʔ	الْمِدْفَأ al-midfaʔ	مِدْفَأ midfaʔ
Nominative	مِدْفَأٌ midfaʔun	الْمِدْفَأُ al-midfaʔu	مِدْفَأُ midfaʔu
Accusative	مِدْفَأً midfaʔan	الْمِدْفَأَ al-midfaʔa	مِدْفَأَ midfaʔa
Genitive	مِدْفَأٍ midfaʔin	الْمِدْفَأِ al-midfaʔi	مِدْفَأِ midfaʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدْفَأَيْن midfaʔayn	الْمِدْفَأَيْن al-midfaʔayn	مِدْفَأَيْ midfaʔay
Nominative	مِدْفَآنِ midfaʔāni	الْمِدْفَآنِ al-midfaʔāni	مِدْفَآ midfaʔā
Accusative	مِدْفَأَيْنِ midfaʔayni	الْمِدْفَأَيْنِ al-midfaʔayni	مِدْفَأَيْ midfaʔay
Genitive	مِدْفَأَيْنِ midfaʔayni	الْمِدْفَأَيْنِ al-midfaʔayni	مِدْفَأَيْ midfaʔay
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