داية

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian دایه (dâye, “nurse, midwife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ja/

Noun

دَايَة • (dāya) f (plural دَايَات (dāyāt))

1. midwife, wet nurse

Declension

Declension of noun دَايَة (dāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَايَة dāya	الدَّايَة ad-dāya	دَايَة dāyat
Nominative	دَايَةٌ dāyatun	الدَّايَةُ ad-dāyatu	دَايَةُ dāyatu
Accusative	دَايَةً dāyatan	الدَّايَةَ ad-dāyata	دَايَةَ dāyata
Genitive	دَايَةٍ dāyatin	الدَّايَةِ ad-dāyati	دَايَةِ dāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَايَتَيْن dāyatayn	الدَّايَتَيْن ad-dāyatayn	دَايَتَيْ dāyatay
Nominative	دَايَتَانِ dāyatāni	الدَّايَتَانِ ad-dāyatāni	دَايَتَا dāyatā
Accusative	دَايَتَيْنِ dāyatayni	الدَّايَتَيْنِ ad-dāyatayni	دَايَتَيْ dāyatay
Genitive	دَايَتَيْنِ dāyatayni	الدَّايَتَيْنِ ad-dāyatayni	دَايَتَيْ dāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَايَات dāyāt	الدَّايَات ad-dāyāt	دَايَات dāyāt
Nominative	دَايَاتٌ dāyātun	الدَّايَاتُ ad-dāyātu	دَايَاتُ dāyātu
Accusative	دَايَاتٍ dāyātin	الدَّايَاتِ ad-dāyāti	دَايَاتِ dāyāti
Genitive	دَايَاتٍ dāyātin	الدَّايَاتِ ad-dāyāti	دَايَاتِ dāyāti

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَايَة (dāya), from Persian دایه (dâye, “nurse, midwife”). Cognate with Armenian դայակ (dayak, “nanny, nurse, midwife”).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːjə/

Noun

داية • (dāya) f (dual دايتين (dāytēn), plural دايات, dāyāt)

1. (historical) midwife

   امها حامل بتوم، الله يعين الداية!

   Her mother is pregnant with a twin, God help the midwife!

2. (historical) a person hired to suckle a child (before bottled/powedered milk); a wet nurse

   امه ماتت بعد ولادته فعطوه حق الداية ترضعه

   His mother died after his birth so they handed him to the wet nurse to suckle him.