دافع

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Arabic

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Root
د ف ع (d f ʕ)
9 terms

Verb

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دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa) III (non-past يُدَافِعُ (yudāfiʕu), verbal noun دِفَاع (difāʕ) or مُدَافَعَة (mudāfaʕa))

  1. to defend [with عَنْ (ʕan)]
  2. to ward off, keep off
  3. to hinder, delay, put off

Conjugation

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Noun

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دَافِع (dāfiʕm (plural دَوَافِع (dawāfiʕ))

  1. motivator, stimulus, driver
    البحث والتطوير هو إحدى دوافع عجلة النمو الإقتصادي
    research and development is one of the drivers of economic development (“the wheel of economic growth”)

Declension

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References

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  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “دافع”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دافع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
د ف ع
3 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daː.faʕ/, [ˈdæː.faʕ]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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دافع (dāfaʕ) III (present بدافع (bidāfeʕ))

  1. to defend, to protect
    Synonym: حمى (ḥama)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of دافع (dāfaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دافعت (dāfaʕt) دافعت (dāfaʕt) دافع (dāfaʕ) دافعنا (dāfaʕna) دافعتو (dāfaʕtu) دافعو (dāfaʕu)
f دافعتي (dāfaʕti) دافعت (dāfaʕat)
present m بدافع (badāfeʕ) بتدافع (bitdāfeʕ) بدافع (bidāfeʕ) مندافع (mindāfeʕ) بتدافعو (bitdāfʕu) بدافعو (bidāfʕu)
f بتدافعي (bitdāfʕi) بتدافع (bitdāfeʕ)
subjunctive m ادافع (adāfeʕ) تدافع (tdāfeʕ) يدافع (ydāfeʕ) ندافع (ndāfeʕ) تدافعو (tdāfʕu) يدافعو (ydāfʕu)
f تدافعي (tdāfʕi) تدافع (tdāfeʕ)
imperative m دافع (dāfeʕ) دافعو (dāfʕu)
f دافعي (dāfʕi)