دفا

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ف ي
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَاء (dafāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.fa/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

دفا (dafam

  1. warmth
    الدنيا دفا.id-dinya dafaIt'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)