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See also: د ق ع

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
د ف ع (d f ʕ)
9 terms

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) I (non-past يَدْفَعُ (yadfaʕu), verbal noun دَفْع (dafʕ))

  1. to pay
  2. to push, to push away, to drive away
  3. to push, to drive, to prompt
    وإحساسنا بالصح والخطَأ قد يدفعنا أن نتصرف بطريقة جيِّدة.
    Our sense of right and wrong may drive us to act in a good way.
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Maltese: tefa’

Etymology 2

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Noun

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دَفْع (dafʕm

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

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Noun

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دفع (def, defi)

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

Further reading

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  • 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[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 574b

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? daf'
Dari reading? daf'
Iranian reading? daf'
Tajik reading? dafʾ

Noun

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دفع (daf')

  1. warding off, driving away, repelling
    دفع غمdaf'-e ğamrepelling grief
  2. (biology) excretion (act)
    دفع مدفوعdaf'-e madfu'defecation

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دفع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د ف ع
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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دفع (dafaʕ) I (present بدفع (bidfaʕ))

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

Conjugation

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    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)