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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
cannon

مدفع ج مدافع‏

مِدْفَعٌ ج مَدافِعُ‏

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Categories:
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 2
Part of speech: Noun
Morphological category: nomen instrumenti
Morph. pattern: مِفْعَلٌ
Root: دفع
Subject: Military

Sample sentences:

أُطْلِقَتِ المَدافِعُ تَرْحيباً بالضَّيفِ المُهِمِّ.

قُذِفَتِ القَذائِفُ مِنْ مِدْفَعٍ قَديمٍ وَلِذَلِكَ لِمْ تُصِبِ الهَدَفَ.