دافع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ف ع (d-f-ʿ).

Verb

دَافَعَ (dāfaʿa) III, non-past يُدَافِعُ‎ (yudāfiʿu)

  1. to defend (عَن (ʿan))
  2. to ward off, keep off
  3. to hinder, delay, put off

Conjugation

Noun

دَافِع (dāfiʿ) m (plural دَوَافِع (dawāfiʿ))

  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

References

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