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داف
to dissolve or mix (a powder) into a liquid /ˈdaː.fa/
verbB2#3866 most common
Also: to dilute, to stir in, to blend a powder into a liquid
Example sentences
هي تَدُوفُ السُّكَّرَ في الماءِ.
She dissolves the sugar in water.
دَافَ الطَّبيبُ الدَّواءَ بالماءِ.
The doctor dissolved the medicine in water.
دُفْتُ الزَّعْفَرانَ قَبْلَ إِضافَتِهِ إلى الطَّعامِ.
I dissolved the saffron before adding it to the food.
يَدُوفُ الصَّيْدَلانِيُّ المَسْحوقَ في مِحْلولٍ خاصٍّ لِتَحْضيرِ الدَّواءِ.
The pharmacist dissolves the powder in a special solution to prepare the medicine.
كانَتِ الجَدَّةُ تَدُوفُ الحِنّاءَ بِالماءِ الدّافِئِ حَتّى تَصيرَ عَجينَةً ناعِمَةً.
The grandmother used to dissolve the henna in warm water until it became a smooth paste.
إِذا دُفْتَ المِسْكَ بِقَليلٍ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ قَبْلَ اسْتِخْدامِهِ، فَإِنَّ رائِحَتَهُ تَدومُ أَطْوَلَ.
If you dissolve musk with a little oil before using it, its scent lasts longer.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَدُوفُ | دُفْتُ | سَأَدُوفُ |
| 2sg | تَدُوفُ | دُفْتَ | سَتَدُوفُ |
| 3sg | يَدُوفُ | دَافَ | سَيَدُوفُ |
| 1pl | نَدُوفُ | دُفْنَا | سَنَدُوفُ |
| 2pl | تَدُوفُونَ | دُفْتُمْ | سَتَدُوفُونَ |
| 3pl | يَدُوفُونَ | دَافُوا | سَيَدُوفُونَ |
Word family
دَوْفthe act of dissolving or mixing a powder into liquid (verbal noun)
مَدُوفdissolved, mixed in (of a powder such as musk or saffron)
دَائِفone who dissolves or mixes a substance into a liquid
Etymology
داف comes from the Arabic root د-و-ف (d-w-f), a native Semitic root. In Form I, the middle radical و contracts before a fatha, giving the hollow-verb pattern دَافَ in the past and يَدُوفُ in the present. Classical Arabic texts use it mainly for dissolving powders such as saffron, musk, or medicine into water or oil, a technical sense that has survived chiefly in literary and pharmacological writing rather than everyday speech.
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