دفة

دفة

Arabic

Etymology

دَفّ‎ (daff) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daf.fa/
• (Andalusi) IPA^(key): /duf.fe/

Noun

دَفَّة • (daffa) f (plural دِفَاف‎ (difāf))

1. side, face, panel, cover, surface and similar
2. helm, rudder of a ship

   Synonym: سُكَّان‎ (sukkān) (see it for more synonyms)

3. wing, panel, leaf, casement of a door or window

Declension

Declension of noun دَفَّة (daffa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَفَّة daffa	الدَّفَّة‎ ad-daffa	دَفَّة daffat
Nominative	دَفَّةٌ daffatun	الدَّفَّةُ‎ ad-daffatu	دَفَّةُ daffatu
Accusative	دَفَّةً daffatan	الدَّفَّةَ‎ ad-daffata	دَفَّةَ daffata
Genitive	دَفَّةٍ daffatin	الدَّفَّةِ‎ ad-daffati	دَفَّةِ daffati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَفَّتَيْن‎ daffatayn	الدَّفَّتَيْن‎ ad-daffatayn	دَفَّتَيْ‎ daffatay
Nominative	دَفَّتَانِ‎ daffatāni	الدَّفَّتَانِ‎ ad-daffatāni	دَفَّتَا‎ daffatā
Accusative	دَفَّتَيْنِ‎ daffatayni	الدَّفَّتَيْنِ‎ ad-daffatayni	دَفَّتَيْ‎ daffatay
Genitive	دَفَّتَيْنِ‎ daffatayni	الدَّفَّتَيْنِ‎ ad-daffatayni	دَفَّتَيْ‎ daffatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِفَاف‎ difāf	الدِّفَاف‎ ad-difāf	دِفَاف‎ difāf
Nominative	دِفَافٌ‎ difāfun	الدِّفَافُ‎ ad-difāfu	دِفَافُ‎ difāfu
Accusative	دِفَافًا‎ difāfan	الدِّفَافَ‎ ad-difāfa	دِفَافَ‎ difāfa
Genitive	دِفَافٍ‎ difāfin	الدِّفَافِ‎ ad-difāfi	دِفَافِ‎ difāfi

Derived terms

• دُفَيْفَة‎ (dufayfa, diminutive)

Descendants

• → Catalan: aldufa
• → Portuguese: adufa
• → Spanish: adufa