داع

Arabic

Root
د ع و (d-ʕ-w)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʕin/

Noun

دَاعٍ • (dāʕin) m (plural دَاعُونَ (dāʕūna) or دُعَاةٌ (duʕātun), feminine دَاعِيَةٌ (dāʕiyatun))

1. one who calls, invites

Declension

Declension of noun دَاعٍ (dāʕin)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَاعِي dāʕī	الدَّاعِي ad-dāʕī	دَاعِي dāʕī	دَاعِيَة dāʕiya	الدَّاعِيَة ad-dāʕiya	دَاعِيَة dāʕiyat
Nominative	دَاعٍ dāʕin	الدَّاعِي ad-dāʕī	دَاعِي dāʕī	دَاعِيَةٌ dāʕiyatun	الدَّاعِيَةُ ad-dāʕiyatu	دَاعِيَةُ dāʕiyatu
Accusative	دَاعِيًا dāʕiyan	الدَّاعِيَ ad-dāʕiya	دَاعِيَ dāʕiya	دَاعِيَةً dāʕiyatan	الدَّاعِيَةَ ad-dāʕiyata	دَاعِيَةَ dāʕiyata
Genitive	دَاعٍ dāʕin	الدَّاعِي ad-dāʕī	دَاعِي dāʕī	دَاعِيَةٍ dāʕiyatin	الدَّاعِيَةِ ad-dāʕiyati	دَاعِيَةِ dāʕiyati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَاعِيَيْن dāʕiyayn	الدَّاعِيَيْن ad-dāʕiyayn	دَاعِيَيْ dāʕiyay	دَاعِيَتَيْن dāʕiyatayn	الدَّاعِيَتَيْن ad-dāʕiyatayn	دَاعِيَتَيْ dāʕiyatay
Nominative	دَاعِيَانِ dāʕiyāni	الدَّاعِيَانِ ad-dāʕiyāni	دَاعِيَا dāʕiyā	دَاعِيَتَانِ dāʕiyatāni	الدَّاعِيَتَانِ ad-dāʕiyatāni	دَاعِيَتَا dāʕiyatā
Accusative	دَاعِيَيْنِ dāʕiyayni	الدَّاعِيَيْنِ ad-dāʕiyayni	دَاعِيَيْ dāʕiyay	دَاعِيَتَيْنِ dāʕiyatayni	الدَّاعِيَتَيْنِ ad-dāʕiyatayni	دَاعِيَتَيْ dāʕiyatay
Genitive	دَاعِيَيْنِ dāʕiyayni	الدَّاعِيَيْنِ ad-dāʕiyayni	دَاعِيَيْ dāʕiyay	دَاعِيَتَيْنِ dāʕiyatayni	الدَّاعِيَتَيْنِ ad-dāʕiyatayni	دَاعِيَتَيْ dāʕiyatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَاة (-āh)			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَاعِين‎; دُعَاة dāʕīn‎; duʕāt	الدَّاعِين‎; الدُّعَاة ad-dāʕīn‎; ad-duʕāt	دَاعِي‎; دُعَاة dāʕī‎; duʕāt	دَاعِيَات dāʕiyāt	الدَّاعِيَات ad-dāʕiyāt	دَاعِيَات dāʕiyāt
Nominative	دَاعُونَ‎; دُعَاةٌ dāʕūna‎; duʕātun	الدَّاعُونَ‎; الدُّعَاةُ ad-dāʕūna‎; ad-duʕātu	دَاعُو‎; دُعَاةُ dāʕū‎; duʕātu	دَاعِيَاتٌ dāʕiyātun	الدَّاعِيَاتُ ad-dāʕiyātu	دَاعِيَاتُ dāʕiyātu
Accusative	دَاعِينَ‎; دُعَاةً dāʕīna‎; duʕātan	الدَّاعِينَ‎; الدُّعَاةَ ad-dāʕīna‎; ad-duʕāta	دَاعِي‎; دُعَاةَ dāʕī‎; duʕāta	دَاعِيَاتٍ dāʕiyātin	الدَّاعِيَاتِ ad-dāʕiyāti	دَاعِيَاتِ dāʕiyāti
Genitive	دَاعِينَ‎; دُعَاةٍ dāʕīna‎; duʕātin	الدَّاعِينَ‎; الدُّعَاةِ ad-dāʕīna‎; ad-duʕāti	دَاعِي‎; دُعَاةِ dāʕī‎; duʕāti	دَاعِيَاتٍ dāʕiyātin	الدَّاعِيَاتِ ad-dāʕiyāti	دَاعِيَاتِ dāʕiyāti

Noun

دَاعٍ • (dāʕin) m (plural دَوَاعٍ (dawāʕin))

1. reason, need to do something

   لَا دَاعِيَ لِـ ― lā dāʕiya li- ― there is no need to ...

   • 2007, Ilʹjá Frank with 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] (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 ...

Declension

Declension of noun دَاعٍ (dāʕin)

Singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَاعِي dāʕī	الدَّاعِي ad-dāʕī	دَاعِي dāʕī
Nominative	دَاعٍ dāʕin	الدَّاعِي ad-dāʕī	دَاعِي dāʕī
Accusative	دَاعِيًا dāʕiyan	الدَّاعِيَ ad-dāʕiya	دَاعِيَ dāʕiya
Genitive	دَاعٍ dāʕin	الدَّاعِي ad-dāʕī	دَاعِي dāʕī
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَاعِيَيْن dāʕiyayn	الدَّاعِيَيْن ad-dāʕiyayn	دَاعِيَيْ dāʕiyay
Nominative	دَاعِيَانِ dāʕiyāni	الدَّاعِيَانِ ad-dāʕiyāni	دَاعِيَا dāʕiyā
Accusative	دَاعِيَيْنِ dāʕiyayni	الدَّاعِيَيْنِ ad-dāʕiyayni	دَاعِيَيْ dāʕiyay
Genitive	دَاعِيَيْنِ dāʕiyayni	الدَّاعِيَيْنِ ad-dāʕiyayni	دَاعِيَيْ dāʕiyay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَاعِي dawāʕī	الدَّوَاعِي ad-dawāʕī	دَوَاعِي dawāʕī
Nominative	دَوَاعٍ dawāʕin	الدَّوَاعِي ad-dawāʕī	دَوَاعِي dawāʕī
Accusative	دَوَاعِيَ dawāʕiya	الدَّوَاعِيَ ad-dawāʕiya	دَوَاعِيَ dawāʕiya
Genitive	دَوَاعٍ dawāʕin	الدَّوَاعِي ad-dawāʕī	دَوَاعِي dawāʕī

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^[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie
• 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