دفا

South Levantine Arabic
Root
د ف ي‎
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَاء‎ (dafāʔ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /da.fa/, [ˈda.fa]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

دفا • (dafa) m

  1. warmth
    ‏الدنيا دفا.‎‎ ― id-dinya dafa ― It's warm. (literally, “The world is warmth.”)

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)
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