دافي

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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

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

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)
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