دير

See also: دیز and دیر

Arabic

دَيْر

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dajr/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā) which generally means “dwelling” and specifically “cloister”, from the Syriac root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) relating to dwelling. Not from the Arabic root د و ر (d-w-r) as this means “spinning” and does not fit semantically.

Noun

دَيْر • (dayr) m (plural أَدْيَار (ʔadyār) or أَدْيِرَة (ʔadyira) or دُيُورَة (duyūra))

1. monastery, convent, cloister

Declension

Declension of noun دَيْر (dayr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيْر dayr	الدَّيْر ad-dayr	دَيْر dayr
Nominative	دَيْرٌ dayrun	الدَّيْرُ ad-dayru	دَيْرُ dayru
Accusative	دَيْرًا dayran	الدَّيْرَ ad-dayra	دَيْرَ dayra
Genitive	دَيْرٍ dayrin	الدَّيْرِ ad-dayri	دَيْرِ dayri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيْرَيْن dayrayn	الدَّيْرَيْن ad-dayrayn	دَيْرَيْ dayray
Nominative	دَيْرَانِ dayrāni	الدَّيْرَانِ ad-dayrāni	دَيْرَا dayrā
Accusative	دَيْرَيْنِ dayrayni	الدَّيْرَيْنِ ad-dayrayni	دَيْرَيْ dayray
Genitive	دَيْرَيْنِ dayrayni	الدَّيْرَيْنِ ad-dayrayni	دَيْرَيْ dayray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَدْيَار‎; أَدْيِرَة‎; دُيُورَة ʔadyār‎; ʔadyira‎; duyūra	الْأَدْيَار‎; الْأَدْيِرَة‎; الدُّيُورَة al-ʔadyār‎; al-ʔadyira‎; ad-duyūra	أَدْيَار‎; أَدْيِرَة‎; دُيُورَة ʔadyār‎; ʔadyirat‎; duyūrat
Nominative	أَدْيَارٌ‎; أَدْيِرَةٌ‎; دُيُورَةٌ ʔadyārun‎; ʔadyiratun‎; duyūratun	الْأَدْيَارُ‎; الْأَدْيِرَةُ‎; الدُّيُورَةُ al-ʔadyāru‎; al-ʔadyiratu‎; ad-duyūratu	أَدْيَارُ‎; أَدْيِرَةُ‎; دُيُورَةُ ʔadyāru‎; ʔadyiratu‎; duyūratu
Accusative	أَدْيَارًا‎; أَدْيِرَةً‎; دُيُورَةً ʔadyāran‎; ʔadyiratan‎; duyūratan	الْأَدْيَارَ‎; الْأَدْيِرَةَ‎; الدُّيُورَةَ al-ʔadyāra‎; al-ʔadyirata‎; ad-duyūrata	أَدْيَارَ‎; أَدْيِرَةَ‎; دُيُورَةَ ʔadyāra‎; ʔadyirata‎; duyūrata
Genitive	أَدْيَارٍ‎; أَدْيِرَةٍ‎; دُيُورَةٍ ʔadyārin‎; ʔadyiratin‎; duyūratin	الْأَدْيَارِ‎; الْأَدْيِرَةِ‎; الدُّيُورَةِ al-ʔadyāri‎; al-ʔadyirati‎; ad-duyūrati	أَدْيَارِ‎; أَدْيِرَةِ‎; دُيُورَةِ ʔadyāri‎; ʔadyirati‎; duyūrati

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
• יואל אליצור‎, חיים בן דוד‎ (2007) “'דיר' ונווה ושמות מקומות מטיפוס דיר- בארץ-ישראל [Deir in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic and Toponyms of the “Deir-X” Type]”, in קתדרה: לתולדות ארץ ישראל ויישובה [Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv], number 123, Jerusalem: יד יצחק בן-צבי, →DOI, pages 13–38

Etymology 2

Verb

دِيرَ • (dīra) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of دَارَ (dāra)