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دَعا
to call /daˈʕaː/
verbA1#222 most common
Also: to invite, to pray, supplicate, to summon, call for
Example sentences
دَعا أحمدُ صديقَه.
Ahmad invited his friend.
دَعاني جاري إلى العشاء.
My neighbor invited me to dinner.
دَعا الرجلُ أصدقاءَه إلى حفلِ زفافِه.
The man invited his friends to his wedding.
دَعا الإمامُ المصلّين إلى الصبرِ والتسامح.
The imam called on the worshippers to patience and tolerance.
دَعا الرئيسُ إلى اجتماعٍ طارئٍ لمناقشةِ الأزمة الاقتصادية.
The president called for an emergency meeting to discuss the economic crisis.
دَعا الكاتبُ في مقالِه إلى إعادةِ النظرِ في مفاهيمَ طالما عُدَّت بديهية.
In his article, the writer called for reconsidering concepts long deemed self-evident.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَدْعو | دَعَوْتُ | سَأَدْعو |
| 2sg | تَدْعو | دَعَوْتَ | سَتَدْعو |
| 3sg | يَدْعو | دَعا | سَيَدْعو |
| 1pl | نَدْعو | دَعَوْنا | سَنَدْعو |
| 2pl | تَدْعونَ | دَعَوْتُم | سَتَدْعونَ |
| 3pl | يَدْعونَ | دَعَوْا | سَيَدْعونَ |
Word family
دُعاءsupplication, prayer
دَعْوةinvitation; call; mission
داعِيةpreacher, advocate
مَدْعوّinvited person; guest
دَعْوىlawsuit, legal claim
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root d-ʿ-w, whose core sense is to call out to someone. From this one root Arabic builds words for inviting a guest, summoning a person, and calling on God in prayer. The final radical is the weak letter waw, which turns into a long alif in the past tense form daʿā.
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