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نِداء
call /niˈdaːʔ/
nounB1#2460 most common
Also: appeal, vocative (grammatical term)
Example sentences
سَمِعْتُ نِداءً مِن بَعيد.
I heard a call from far away.
أَطْلَقَ الرَّجُلُ نِداءَ اسْتِغاثة.
The man issued a distress call.
وَجَّهَ الرَّئيسُ نِداءً إلى الشَّعْب.
The president addressed a call to the people.
أَصْدَرَتِ الأُمَمُ المُتَّحِدَةُ نِداءً عاجِلاً لِوَقْفِ إطْلاقِ النَّار.
The United Nations issued an urgent call for a ceasefire.
أُسْلوبُ النِّداء يُسْتَخْدَمُ في اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ لِمُخاطَبَةِ شَخْصٍ مُباشَرةً بِأَداةٍ مِثْلَ يا.
The vocative construction is used in Arabic to address someone directly with a particle like 'yā'.
تَرَدَّدَ صَدى نِدائِهِ في أَرْجاءِ الوادي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْفُتَ تَدْريجِيّاً.
The echo of his call resounded through the valley before it gradually faded.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نِداءٌ | نِداءاتٌ |
| Genitive | نِداءٍ | نِداءاتٍ |
| Accusative | نِداءً | نِداءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا نِداءُ | يا نِداءاتُ |
Word family
نادىto call out to, address
يُناديcalls out to (present tense)
مُنادٍcaller, town crier, announcer
نادٍclub, society
نداءاتcalls, appeals (plural)
Etymology
نِداء is the verbal noun of the Form III verb نادى (nādā), meaning to call out to someone. Both trace to the Semitic root ن-د-و / ن-د-ي, which carries the sense of calling, summoning, or convening. The same root gives نادٍ (club, literally a place where people gather and call to one another). As a Semitic root, it has no established Indo-European (PIE) ancestor.
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