دفع

See also: د ق ع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ف ع (d f ʕ)
9 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.fa.ʕa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

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

    Conjugation of دَفَعَ (I, sound, a ~ a, full passive, verbal noun دَفْع)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						دَفْع dafʕ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						دَافِع dāfiʕ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَدْفُوع madfūʕ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	دَفَعْتُ dafaʕtu	دَفَعْتَ dafaʕta	دَفَعَ dafaʕa		دَفَعْتُمَا dafaʕtumā	دَفَعَا dafaʕā		دَفَعْنَا dafaʕnā	دَفَعْتُمْ dafaʕtum	دَفَعُوا dafaʕū
	f		دَفَعْتِ dafaʕti	دَفَعَتْ dafaʕat			دَفَعَتَا dafaʕatā			دَفَعْتُنَّ dafaʕtunna	دَفَعْنَ dafaʕna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَدْفَعُ ʔadfaʕu	تَدْفَعُ tadfaʕu	يَدْفَعُ yadfaʕu		تَدْفَعَانِ tadfaʕāni	يَدْفَعَانِ yadfaʕāni		نَدْفَعُ nadfaʕu	تَدْفَعُونَ tadfaʕūna	يَدْفَعُونَ yadfaʕūna
	f		تَدْفَعِينَ tadfaʕīna	تَدْفَعُ tadfaʕu			تَدْفَعَانِ tadfaʕāni			تَدْفَعْنَ tadfaʕna	يَدْفَعْنَ yadfaʕna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَدْفَعَ ʔadfaʕa	تَدْفَعَ tadfaʕa	يَدْفَعَ yadfaʕa		تَدْفَعَا tadfaʕā	يَدْفَعَا yadfaʕā		نَدْفَعَ nadfaʕa	تَدْفَعُوا tadfaʕū	يَدْفَعُوا yadfaʕū
	f		تَدْفَعِي tadfaʕī	تَدْفَعَ tadfaʕa			تَدْفَعَا tadfaʕā			تَدْفَعْنَ tadfaʕna	يَدْفَعْنَ yadfaʕna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَدْفَعْ ʔadfaʕ	تَدْفَعْ tadfaʕ	يَدْفَعْ yadfaʕ		تَدْفَعَا tadfaʕā	يَدْفَعَا yadfaʕā		نَدْفَعْ nadfaʕ	تَدْفَعُوا tadfaʕū	يَدْفَعُوا yadfaʕū
	f		تَدْفَعِي tadfaʕī	تَدْفَعْ tadfaʕ			تَدْفَعَا tadfaʕā			تَدْفَعْنَ tadfaʕna	يَدْفَعْنَ yadfaʕna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِدْفَعْ idfaʕ			اِدْفَعَا idfaʕā				اِدْفَعُوا idfaʕū
	f		اِدْفَعِي idfaʕī							اِدْفَعْنَ idfaʕna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	دُفِعْتُ dufiʕtu	دُفِعْتَ dufiʕta	دُفِعَ dufiʕa		دُفِعْتُمَا dufiʕtumā	دُفِعَا dufiʕā		دُفِعْنَا dufiʕnā	دُفِعْتُمْ dufiʕtum	دُفِعُوا dufiʕū
	f		دُفِعْتِ dufiʕti	دُفِعَتْ dufiʕat			دُفِعَتَا dufiʕatā			دُفِعْتُنَّ dufiʕtunna	دُفِعْنَ dufiʕna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُدْفَعُ ʔudfaʕu	تُدْفَعُ tudfaʕu	يُدْفَعُ yudfaʕu		تُدْفَعَانِ tudfaʕāni	يُدْفَعَانِ yudfaʕāni		نُدْفَعُ nudfaʕu	تُدْفَعُونَ tudfaʕūna	يُدْفَعُونَ yudfaʕūna
	f		تُدْفَعِينَ tudfaʕīna	تُدْفَعُ tudfaʕu			تُدْفَعَانِ tudfaʕāni			تُدْفَعْنَ tudfaʕna	يُدْفَعْنَ yudfaʕna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُدْفَعَ ʔudfaʕa	تُدْفَعَ tudfaʕa	يُدْفَعَ yudfaʕa		تُدْفَعَا tudfaʕā	يُدْفَعَا yudfaʕā		نُدْفَعَ nudfaʕa	تُدْفَعُوا tudfaʕū	يُدْفَعُوا yudfaʕū
	f		تُدْفَعِي tudfaʕī	تُدْفَعَ tudfaʕa			تُدْفَعَا tudfaʕā			تُدْفَعْنَ tudfaʕna	يُدْفَعْنَ yudfaʕna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُدْفَعْ ʔudfaʕ	تُدْفَعْ tudfaʕ	يُدْفَعْ yudfaʕ		تُدْفَعَا tudfaʕā	يُدْفَعَا yudfaʕā		نُدْفَعْ nudfaʕ	تُدْفَعُوا tudfaʕū	يُدْفَعُوا yudfaʕū
	f		تُدْفَعِي tudfaʕī	تُدْفَعْ tudfaʕ			تُدْفَعَا tudfaʕā			تُدْفَعْنَ tudfaʕna	يُدْفَعْنَ yudfaʕna

Descendants

• Maltese: tefa’

Etymology 2

Noun

دَفْع • (dafʕ) m

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

Declension

Declension of noun دَفْع (dafʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَفْع dafʕ	الدَّفْع ad-dafʕ	دَفْع dafʕ
Nominative	دَفْعٌ dafʕun	الدَّفْعُ ad-dafʕu	دَفْعُ dafʕu
Accusative	دَفْعًا dafʕan	الدَّفْعَ ad-dafʕa	دَفْعَ dafʕa
Genitive	دَفْعٍ dafʕin	الدَّفْعِ ad-dafʕi	دَفْعِ dafʕi

Hijazi Arabic

Root
د ف ع
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dafʕ/

Noun

دفع • (dafʕ) m

1. payment

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.faʕ/

Verb

دفع • (dafaʕ) I (non-past يِدفع (yidfaʕ))

1. 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)	دفعتوا (dafaʕtu)	دفعوا (dafaʕu)
	f		دفعتي (dafaʕti)	دفعت (dafaʕat)
non-past	m	أدفع (ʔadfaʕ)	تدفع (tidfaʕ)	يدفع (yidfaʕ)		ندفع (nidfaʕ)	تدفعوا (tidfaʕu)	يدفعوا (yidfaʕu)
	f		تدفعي (tidfaʕi)	تدفع (tidfaʕ)
imperative	m		ادفع (adfaʕ)				ادفعوا (adfaʕu)
	f		ادفعي (adfaʕi)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daf.faʕ/

Verb

دفع • (daffaʕ) II (non-past يِدَفِّع (yidaffiʕ))

1. to force someone to pay, to force someone to pay

Conjugation

Conjugation of دفع (daffaʕ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	دفعت (daffaʕt)	دفعت (daffaʕt)	دفع (daffaʕ)		دفعنا (daffaʕna)	دفعتوا (daffaʕtu)	دفعوا (daffaʕu)
	f		دفعتي (daffaʕti)	دفعت (daffaʕat)
non-past	m	أدفع (ʔadaffiʕ)	تدفع (tidaffiʕ)	يدفع (yidaffiʕ)		ندفع (nidaffiʕ)	تدفعوا (tidaffiʕu)	يدفعوا (yidaffiʕu)
	f		تدفعي (tidaffiʕi)	تدفع (tidaffiʕ)
imperative	m		دفع (daffiʕ)				دفعوا (daffiʕu)
	f		دفعي (daffiʕi)

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَفْع (dafʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dafʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äfʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äfʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äf]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äf]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æfʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äfʔ]

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

Noun

دفع • (daf')

1. warding off, driving away, repelling

   دفع غم ― daf'-e ğam ― repelling grief

2. (biology) excretion (act)

   دفع مدفوع ― daf'-e madfu' ― defecation

Further reading

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ف ع
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَفَعَ (dafaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.faʕ/, [ˈda.faʕ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

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)