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دفق dafq in Arabic

دفق is how you say “dafq” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

والدفق صب الماء

And "dafq" means the pouring of water.

وَالدَّفْقُ And 'dafq'

wa- (and) on a noun made definite by al-, 'the pouring', standing as the topic of a definition. Its subject ending marks it as what the sentence will explain; here a technical term is being defined.

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يقال دفقت الماء فهو مدفوق ودافق ومندفق

It is said, "I poured the water," so it is "madfuq," "dafiq," and "mundafiq."

دَفَقْتُ I poured

A past-tense verb 'I poured', the -tu ending marking the first-person 'I' doer. The speaker-subject is carried by the ending, not a separate pronoun; this opens a quoted sample sentence.

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تقول دفقته فاندفق كما تقول كسرته فانكسر

You say, 'I poured it, so it poured forth,' just as you say, 'I broke it, so it broke.'

دَفَقْتَهُ I poured it

A past-tense verb with -ta marking the 'you' doer and -hu (it) attached as object, 'you poured it'. One word bundles the doer-ending and the object-pronoun, covering what English needs three words for.

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وقيل هو على النسب لا على الفعل أي ذي دفق أو ذات

And it is said that it is a relational adjective, not an active one, meaning possessing "dafq."

دَفْقٍ 'dafq'

An indefinite verbal noun in the genitive, the owned noun of 'possessor of pouring'. It names the act of pouring as the quality possessed; the pairing reads 'one that has gushing'.

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ولا يلزم من ذلك أن يكون هو فاعل الدفق

And it is not required that he be the performer of the pouring.

الدَّفْقِ of the pouring

A verbal noun made definite by al-, 'the pouring', the owned second noun of 'doer of the pouring', so it is in the genitive. The pairing names the action whose performer is in question.

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