داع

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Arabic

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Root
د ع و (d ʕ w)
16 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of دَعَا (daʕā, to call)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دَاعٍ (dāʕinm (plural دَاعُونَ (dāʕūna) or دُعَاةٌ (duʕātun), feminine دَاعِيَةٌ (dāʕiyatun))

  1. one who calls, invites
  2. preacher

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Noun

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دَاعٍ (dāʕinm (plural دَوَاعٍ (dawāʕin))

  1. reason, need to do something
    لَا دَاعِيَ لِـdāʕiya li-there is no need to ...
    لا دَاعِيَ أن نتساءل هل ستكون النتائج جيدة أم لا.
    There is no need to wonder whether the results will be good or not.
    • 2007, Ilʹjá Frank with Jevgénija Safónova, Denís Nekljúdov, “هي والطبيب”, in Ара́бский язы́к с Джохо́й - Ме́тод чте́ния Ильи́ Фра́нка (Arábskij jazýk s Džoxój - Métod čténija Ilʹí Fránka) (overall work in Russian):
      عُدْ يَا جُحَا... لَقَدْ زَالَ الْأَلَمُ... لَا دَاعِيَ لِإِحْضَارِ الطَّبِيبِ...
      ʕud yā juḥā... laqad zāla l-ʔalamu... lā dāʕiya liʔiḥḍāri ṭ-ṭabībi...
      Come back, Joha ... the pain is gone ... there is no need to bring the doctor ...

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References

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  • 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[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “داع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], 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