دعاء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ع و (d-ʕ-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.ʕaːʔ/

Noun

دُعَاء • (duʕāʔ) m (dual دُعَاءَانِ (duʕāʔāni), plural أَدْعِيَة (ʔadʕiya))

1. verbal noun of دَعَا (daʕā) (form I)
2. call, prayer, invocation, supplication
3. request, plea
4. good wishes
5. imprecation, curse

Declension

Declension of noun دُعَاء (duʕāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعَاء duʕāʔ	الدُّعَاء ad-duʕāʔ	دُعَاء duʕāʔ
Nominative	دُعَاءٌ duʕāʔun	الدُّعَاءُ ad-duʕāʔu	دُعَاءُ duʕāʔu
Accusative	دُعَاءً duʕāʔan	الدُّعَاءَ ad-duʕāʔa	دُعَاءَ duʕāʔa
Genitive	دُعَاءٍ duʕāʔin	الدُّعَاءِ ad-duʕāʔi	دُعَاءِ duʕāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعَاءَيْن duʕāʔayn	الدُّعَاءَيْن ad-duʕāʔayn	دُعَاءَيْ duʕāʔay
Nominative	دُعَاءَانِ duʕāʔāni	الدُّعَاءَانِ ad-duʕāʔāni	دُعَاءَا duʕāʔā
Accusative	دُعَاءَيْنِ duʕāʔayni	الدُّعَاءَيْنِ ad-duʕāʔayni	دُعَاءَيْ duʕāʔay
Genitive	دُعَاءَيْنِ duʕāʔayni	الدُّعَاءَيْنِ ad-duʕāʔayni	دُعَاءَيْ duʕāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَدْعِيَة ʔadʕiya	الْأَدْعِيَة al-ʔadʕiya	أَدْعِيَة ʔadʕiyat
Nominative	أَدْعِيَةٌ ʔadʕiyatun	الْأَدْعِيَةُ al-ʔadʕiyatu	أَدْعِيَةُ ʔadʕiyatu
Accusative	أَدْعِيَةً ʔadʕiyatan	الْأَدْعِيَةَ al-ʔadʕiyata	أَدْعِيَةَ ʔadʕiyata
Genitive	أَدْعِيَةٍ ʔadʕiyatin	الْأَدْعِيَةِ al-ʔadʕiyati	أَدْعِيَةِ ʔadʕiyati

Descendants

• → Adyghe: дыухьэ (dəwuḥɛ), дэуахьы (dɛwaḥə)
• → Assamese: দোৱা (düa)
• → Azerbaijani: dua
• → Bengali: দোয়া (doa); দুয়া (dua)
• → Bashkir: доға (doğa)
• → Hausa: àddu'ā̀
  • → Yoruba: àdúrà
• → Hindi: दुआ (duā)
• → Indonesian: doa
• → Kazakh: дұға (dūğa), дуа (dua)
• → Maranao: dowa'a
• → Persian: دعا (do'â)
• → Tatar: дога (doğa)
• → Tajik: дуъо (duʾo)
• → Turkish: dua
• → Urdu: دعا (duā)

Related terms

• صَلَاة (ṣalāh, “prayer, salat”)
• زَكَاة (zakāh, “almsgiving, zakat”)
• صَوْم (ṣawm, “fast, sawm”)