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دَيْر
monastery /dajr/
nounB1#1634 most common
Also: convent, cloister
Example sentences
هٰذَا دَيْرٌ قَدِيمٌ.
This is an old monastery.
يَعِيشُ الرُّهْبَانُ فِي الدَّيْرِ.
The monks live in the monastery.
زُرْنَا دَيْرًا فِي الْجَبَلِ يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ.
We visited a monastery in the mountain on Sunday.
بُنِيَ هٰذَا الدَّيْرُ قَبْلَ أَلْفِ عَامٍ عَلَى يَدِ الرُّهْبَانِ.
This monastery was built a thousand years ago by the monks.
اِنْعَزَلَ النَّاسِكُ فِي دَيْرٍ بَعِيدٍ هَرَبًا مِنْ ضَجِيجِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
The ascetic withdrew to a distant monastery, fleeing the noise of the city.
تَحْتَفِظُ أَدْيِرَةُ الْوَادِي بِمَخْطُوطَاتٍ نَفِيسَةٍ تَعُودُ إِلَى الْقُرُونِ الْوُسْطَى.
The monasteries of the valley preserve precious manuscripts dating back to the Middle Ages.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَيْرٌ | أَدْيِرَةٌ |
| Genitive | دَيْرٍ | أَدْيِرَةٍ |
| Accusative | دَيْرًا | أَدْيِرَةً |
| Vocative | يَا دَيْرُ | يَا أَدْيِرَةُ |
Word family
أَدْيِرَةmonasteries (plural)
رَاهِبmonk
رَاهِبَةnun
دَيْرَانِيّof or relating to a monastery
Etymology
The word comes from the Aramaic and Syriac "dayrā", meaning a dwelling or monastery. It entered Arabic through contact with Eastern Christian communities. The root sense relates to living or residing in a place.
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