دافي

Moroccan Arabic

Root
د ف ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic دافِئ (dāfiʔ, “warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.fi/

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Adjective

دافي • (dāfi) (feminine دافية (dāfya), masculine plural دافيين (dāfyīn), feminine plural دافيات (dāfyāt), elative أدفى (ʔadfa) or دفى (dfa))

1. warm

   Antonym: بارد (bārid)

See also

• سخون (sḵūn)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ف ي
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دافِئ (dāfiʔ, “warm”). Equivalent to the active participle of دفي (difi, “to become warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.fi/, [ˈdæː.fi]

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Adjective

دافي • (dāfi) (feminine دافية (dāfye), elative أدفى (ʔadfa))

1. warm

   الطقس دافي. ― iṭ-ṭaʔs dāfi ― The weather is warm.

Usage notes

• When describing the weather with الدنيا (id-dinya), the noun دفا (dafa) is used instead.

See also

Temperature · حرارة (ḥarāra)
	Cold	Warm	Hot	Hot (Weather)	Very Hot
Noun	برد (bard)	دفا (dafa)	حرّ (ḥarr)	شوب (šōb)	حمّ (ḥamm)
Verb	برد (barad)	دفي (difi)	سخن (saḵan)	شوّب (šawwab)	حمي (ḥimi)
Adjective	بارد (bāred)	دافي (dāfi)	سخن (suḵn), حارّ (ḥārr)	مشوّب (mšawweb)	حامي (ḥāmi)
Feeling	بردان (bardān)	دفيان (dafyān)		شوبان (šōbān)	حميان (ḥamyān)