دفن

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See also: دقن and ذقن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ف ن (d-f-n)

Verb

دَفَنَ (dafana) I, non-past يَدْفِنُ‎ (yadfinu)

  1. to cover, to shroud, to conceal
  2. to bury
  3. to walk straight on
Conjugation

Verb

دَفَّنَ (daffana) II, non-past يُدَفِّنُ‎ (yudaffinu)

  1. to bury
    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, نُعِدُّ ٱلْمَشْرَفِيَّةَ وَٱلْعَوَالِي (nuʕiddu l-mašrafiyyata wal-ʕawālī):
      يُدَفِّنُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا وَتَمْشِي / أَوَاخِرُنَا عَلَى هَامِ ٱلْأَوَالِي
      yudaffinu baʕḍunā baʕḍan watamšī / ʔawāḵirunā ʕalā hāmi l-ʔawālī
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

دَفْن (dafnm

  1. verbal noun of دَفَنَ (dafana, to bury, to conceal) (form I)
  2. burying, burial
  3. concealing
Declension
Descendants
References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَفْن (dafn).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dafn
Dari reading? dafn
Iranian reading? dafn
Tajik reading? dafn

Noun

دفن (dafn)

  1. burial, internment

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ف ن
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَنَ (dafana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.fan/,
  • (file)

Verb

دفن (dafan) I (present بدفن (bidfin))

  1. to bury

Conjugation

    Conjugation of دفن (dafan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دفنت (dafant) دفنت (dafant) دفن (dafan) دفننا (dafanna) دفنتو (dafantu) دفنو (dafanu)
f دفنتي (dafanti) دفنت (dafnat)
present m بدفن (badfin) بتدفن (btidfin) بدفن (bidfin) مندفن (mnidfin) بتدفنو (btidfinu) بدفنو (bidfinu)
f بتدفني (btidfini) بتدفن (btidfin)
subjunctive m أدفن (ʔadfin) تدفن (tidfin) يدفن (yidfin) ندفن (nidfin) تدفنو (tidfinu) يدفنو (yidfinu)
f تدفني (tidfini) تدفن (tidfin)
imperative m ادفن (idfin) ادفنو (idfinu)
f ادفني (idfini)