داع
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| د ع و (d-ʿ-w) |
Etymology
Derived from the active participle of دَعَا (daʿā, “to call”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daː.ʕin/
Noun
دَاعٍ • (dāʿin) m (plural دَاعُونَ (dāʿūna) or دُعَاةٌ (duʿātun), feminine دَاعِيَةٌ (dāʿiyatun))
- one who calls, invites
Declension
Declension of noun دَاعٍ (dāʿin)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَاعِي dāʿī | الدَّاعِي ad-dāʿī | دَاعِي dāʿī | دَاعِيَة dāʿiya | الدَّاعِيَة ad-dāʿiya | دَاعِيَة dāʿiyat |
| Nominative | دَاعٍ dāʿin | الدَّاعِي ad-dāʿī | دَاعِي dāʿī | دَاعِيَةٌ dāʿiyatun | الدَّاعِيَةُ ad-dāʿiyatu | دَاعِيَةُ dāʿiyatu |
| Accusative | دَاعِيًا dāʿiyan | الدَّاعِيَ ad-dāʿiya | دَاعِيَ dāʿiya | دَاعِيَةً dāʿiyatan | الدَّاعِيَةَ ad-dāʿiyata | دَاعِيَةَ dāʿiyata |
| Genitive | دَاعٍ dāʿin | الدَّاعِي ad-dāʿī | دَاعِي dāʿī | دَاعِيَةٍ dāʿiyatin | الدَّاعِيَةِ ad-dāʿiyati | دَاعِيَةِ dāʿiyati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَاعِيَيْن dāʿiyayn | الدَّاعِيَيْن ad-dāʿiyayn | دَاعِيَيْ dāʿiyay | دَاعِيَتَيْن dāʿiyatayn | الدَّاعِيَتَيْن ad-dāʿiyatayn | دَاعِيَتَيْ dāʿiyatay |
| Nominative | دَاعِيَانِ dāʿiyāni | الدَّاعِيَانِ ad-dāʿiyāni | دَاعِيَا dāʿiyā | دَاعِيَتَانِ dāʿiyatāni | الدَّاعِيَتَانِ ad-dāʿiyatāni | دَاعِيَتَا dāʿiyatā |
| Accusative | دَاعِيَيْنِ dāʿiyayni | الدَّاعِيَيْنِ ad-dāʿiyayni | دَاعِيَيْ dāʿiyay | دَاعِيَتَيْنِ dāʿiyatayni | الدَّاعِيَتَيْنِ ad-dāʿiyatayni | دَاعِيَتَيْ dāʿiyatay |
| Genitive | دَاعِيَيْنِ dāʿiyayni | الدَّاعِيَيْنِ ad-dāʿiyayni | دَاعِيَيْ dāʿiyay | دَاعِيَتَيْنِ dāʿiyatayni | الدَّاعِيَتَيْنِ ad-dāʿiyatayni | دَاعِيَتَيْ dāʿiyatay |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| sound masculine plural; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | sound feminine plural | |||||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَاعِين; دُعَاة dāʿīn; duʿāt | الدَّاعِين; الدُّعَاة ad-dāʿīn; ad-duʿāt | دَاعِي; دُعَاة dāʿī; duʿāt | دَاعِيَات dāʿiyāt | الدَّاعِيَات ad-dāʿiyāt | دَاعِيَات dāʿiyāt |
| Nominative | دَاعُونَ; دُعَاةٌ dāʿūna; duʿātun | الدَّاعُونَ; الدُّعَاةُ ad-dāʿūna; ad-duʿātu | دَاعُو; دُعَاةُ dāʿū; duʿātu | دَاعِيَاتٌ dāʿiyātun | الدَّاعِيَاتُ ad-dāʿiyātu | دَاعِيَاتُ dāʿiyātu |
| Accusative | دَاعِينَ; دُعَاةً dāʿīna; duʿātan | الدَّاعِينَ; الدُّعَاةَ ad-dāʿīna; ad-duʿāta | دَاعِي; دُعَاةَ dāʿī; duʿāta | دَاعِيَاتٍ dāʿiyātin | الدَّاعِيَاتِ ad-dāʿiyāti | دَاعِيَاتِ dāʿiyāti |
| Genitive | دَاعِينَ; دُعَاةٍ dāʿīna; duʿātin | الدَّاعِينَ; الدُّعَاةِ ad-dāʿīna; ad-duʿāti | دَاعِي; دُعَاةِ dāʿī; duʿāti | دَاعِيَاتٍ dāʿiyātin | الدَّاعِيَاتِ ad-dāʿiyāti | دَاعِيَاتِ dāʿiyāti |
Noun
دَاعٍ • (dāʿin) m npers (plural دَوَاعٍ (dawāʿin))
- reason, need to do something
- لَا دَاعِيَ لِـ ― lā dāʿiya li- ― there is no need to ...
- 2007, Ilʹjá Frank; Jevgénija Safónova, Denís Nekljúdov, “هي والطبيب [She and the Doctor]”, in Ара́бский язы́к с Джохо́й - Ме́тод чте́ния Ильи́ Фра́нка (Arábskij jazýk s Džoxój - Métod čténija Ilʹí Fránka) [The Arabic language with Joha - The Reading Method by Ilya Frank] (in Russian):
- عُدْ يَا جُحَا... لَقَدْ زَالَ الْأَلَمُ... لَا دَاعِيَ لِإِحْضَارِ الطَّبِيبِ...
- ʿud yā juḥā... laqad zāla l-ʾalamu... lā dāʿiya liʾiḥḍāri ṭ-ṭabībi...
- Come back, Joha ... the pain is gone ... there is no need to bring the doctor ...
References
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “داع”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “داع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “لوح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN