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دفء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of warmth, heat, and the state of being warm. It encompasses the sensation of heat, the opposite of cold, and the condition of comfort associated with warmth.

Derived headwords

الدِّفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    warmthboth

    The state or quality of being warm; a pleasant heat.

الدَّفْءnoun
  1. 1.
    warmthboth

    The state or quality of being warm; a pleasant heat.

دفِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to be warmboth

    To experience or possess warmth.

دفَأًnoun
  1. 1.
    warmthboth

    The state or quality of being warm; a pleasant heat.

Parallel reading

الدِّفْء بالكسر وروي الفتح أيضا عن ابن القطاع ويحرك
Warmth, with a kasra, and the fath is also narrated from Ibn al-Qatta', and it can be moved.
فيكون مصدر دفئ دفأ مثل ظميء ظمأ
So it is a masdar of 'to be warm' (دفئ) with 'warmth' (دفأ), like 'to be thirsty' (ظميء) with 'thirst' (ظمأ).
وهو السخونة نقيض حده البرد
And it is the heat, the opposite of its definition, the cold.