د ع و

Arabic

Etymology

Presumed from an imperative form of وَدَعَ (wadaʕa) used as a defective verb and reinterpreted into دَعَا (daʕā).

Root

د ع و • (d-ʕ-w)

  1. related to calling, summoning, inviting, praying

Derived terms

  • دُعاء (duʕāʔ, prayer, noun)
  • دَاعِيَة (dāʕiya, preacher, noun)
  • دَعْوَى (daʕwā, allegation; lawsuit, noun)
  • دَعْوَة (daʕwa, invitation, noun)
  • إدَّعَاء (ʔiddaʕāʔ, allegation, noun)
  • إسْتِدْعَاء (ʔistidʕāʔ, summoning, noun)
  • مَدْعَاة (madʕāh, reason, cause, noun)

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 467
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