دفء

1 دَفِئَ ذ , aor. دَفَاَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. دَفَأٌ, (S, Msb, * TA,) like ظَمَأٌ inf. n. of ظَمِئَ, and دَفَاآءَةٌ, like كَرَاهَةٌ inf. n. of كَرِهَ, (S,) said of a man, (S, Msb,) He was, or became, warm, or hot: (S, M,* K: *) [generally meaning the former: see دِفْءٌ, below:] or he experienced [ warmth, or] heat: (Har p. 295:) or he wore what rendered him warm, or hot: (Msb:) and دَفِئَ مِنَ البَرْدِ [ he wore warm clothing to protect himself from the cold ]: (Mgh:) and ↓ تدفّأ (S, M, Mgh, K) بِالثَّوْبِ, (S, Mgh,) and ↓ استدفأ (S, M, Mgh, K) بالثوب, (S, Mgh,) and ↓ اِدَّفَأَ (S, K) بالثوب, the last of these verbs [originally اِدْتَفَأَ,] of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ, (S,) [ He warmed himself with the garment, ] are said of him who has clad himself with that which renders him warm, or hot: (S:) or the meaning [of استدفأ بالثوب] is he desired warmth, or heat, by means of the garment: (Mgh:) and اِدَّفَيْتُ and اِسْتَدْفَيْتُ occur, for ادّفأت and استدفأت, as meaning I wore what rendered me warm, or hot. (Lth, T, TA.*) You say also, دَفِئَ البَيْتُ [ The tent, or house, or chamber, was, or became, warm, or hot ]. (Msb.) And دَفُؤَ, (M, Msb, K,) aor. دَفُاَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. دَفَاآءَةٌ, (TA,) It (a tent, or house, or chamber, ISk, T, and a day, Msb, TA) was, or became, warm, or hot. (ISk, T, M, Msb, K, TA.) [And in like manner, a garment; as is implied in the S.] And دَفُؤَتْ لَيْلَتُنَا Our night was, or became, warm, or hot. (S, O, TA.) -A2- دَفَأَ, for دَفَا: see 1 in art. دفو.