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دَعْوَة
invitation /ˈdaʕwa/
nounA2#1127 most common
Also: call, summons, da'wa (the call to Islam)
Example sentences
شُكْراً عَلى الدَّعْوَة.
Thank you for the invitation.
وَصَلَتْني دَعْوَة إِلى العَشاء.
I got an invitation to dinner.
قَبِلْتُ الدَّعْوَةَ وَسَأَحْضُرُ الاجْتِماع.
I accepted the invitation and will attend the meeting.
أَرْسَلَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ دَعْوَةً رَسْمِيَّةً لِحُضُورِ المُؤْتَمَر.
The company sent a formal invitation to attend the conference.
لَبّى الوَزيرُ الدَّعْوَةَ لِزِيارَةِ البَلَدِ المُجاوِر.
The minister accepted the invitation to visit the neighboring country.
لَمْ تَكُنْ دَعْوَتُهُ إِلى الحِوارِ سِوى مُناوَرَةٍ سِياسِيَّةٍ لِكَسْبِ الوَقْت.
His call for dialogue was nothing but a political maneuver to buy time.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَعْوَةٌ | دَعَواتٌ |
| Genitive | دَعْوَةٍ | دَعَواتٍ |
| Accusative | دَعْوَةً | دَعَواتٍ |
| Vocative | يا دَعْوَةُ | يا دَعَواتُ |
Word family
دَعاto call, to invite
دُعاءsupplication, prayer
داعٍcaller; motive
مَدْعُوّan invitee, a guestدَعْوىlawsuit, claim
Etymology
دَعْوَة comes from the triliteral root د-ع-و, which means to call, summon, or invite. It is a noun of instance built on the pattern فَعْلَة, so it names a single act of calling. The same root yields the verb دَعا (to call, to invite) and دُعاء (supplication to God).
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