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مُدافِع
defender /muˈdaːfiʕ/
nounB2#4258 most common
Also: advocate, defense lawyer
Example sentences
هو مُدافِع في الفريق.
He is a defender on the team.
المُدافِع سريع وقوي.
The defender is fast and strong.
أصبحت مُدافِعة عن حقوق المرأة.
She became a defender of women's rights.
استعان المتهم بمُدافِعٍ ماهر في المحكمة.
The accused hired a skilled defense lawyer in court.
يواجه المُدافِعون عن البيئة تحديات كبيرة.
Environmental defenders face major challenges.
لم يتراجع المُدافِع عن قناعاته السياسية مهما اشتدت الضغوط.
The advocate did not back down from his political convictions no matter how intense the pressure grew.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُدافِعٌ | مُدافِعُونَ |
| Genitive | مُدافِعٍ | مُدافِعِينَ |
| Accusative | مُدافِعًا | مُدافِعِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُدافِعُ | يا مُدافِعُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
مُدافِع comes from the Arabic root د-ف-ع (d-f-ʿ), meaning to push away or repel. It is the active participle of the Form III verb دافَعَ (dāfaʿa), which adds a sense of sustained effort to the base action, to keep pushing something away on someone's behalf. This is why the word covers both a sports defender and a legal or moral advocate: both push back a threat.
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