دفع

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See also: د ق ع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ف ع (d-f-ʕ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.fa.ʕa/
  • (file)

Verb

دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) I, non-past يَدْفَعُ‎ (yadfaʕu)

  1. to pay
  2. to push, to push away, to drive away
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: tefa’

Etymology 2

Noun

دَفْع (dafʕm

  1. verbal noun of دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) (form I)
  2. pay, payment
  3. push
  4. thrust, thrusting
  5. propulsion
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Noun

دفع (def, defi)

  1. repulsion
  2. expulsion
  3. (law) defense

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “def”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دفع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 574b

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ف ع
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

دفع (dafaʕ) I (present بدفع (bidfaʕ))

  1. to push
    Synonym: دفش (dafaš)
    Antonyms: سحب (saḥab), شدّ (šadd)
  2. to pay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of دفع (dafaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دفعت (dafaʕt) دفعت (dafaʕt) دفع (dafaʕ) دفعنا (dafaʕna) دفعتو (dafaʕtu) دفعو (dafaʕu)
f دفعتي (dafaʕti) دفعت (dafʕat)
present m بدفع (badfaʕ) بتدفع (btidfaʕ) بدفع (bidfaʕ) مندفع (mnidfaʕ) بتدفعو (btidfaʕu) بدفعو (bidfaʕu)
f بتدفعي (btidfaʕi) بتدفع (btidfaʕ)
subjunctive m أدفع (ʔadfaʕ) تدفع (tidfaʕ) يدفع (yidfaʕ) ندفع (nidfaʕ) تدفعو (tidfaʕu) يدفعو (yidfaʕu)
f تدفعي (tidfaʕi) تدفع (tidfaʕ)
imperative m ادفع (idfaʕ) ادفعو (idfaʕu)
f ادفعي (idfaʕi)