دعارة

Arabic

Etymology

From د ع ر (d-ʕ-r); compare دَعِرَ (daʕira, “to be immoral”).

Noun

دَعَارَة or دِعَارَة • (daʕāra or diʕāra) f

1. immoral or criminal sexual behaviour, conduct or practices
   1. prostitution;
   2. fornication, adultery
   3. libertinism, licentiousness, whoredom
   4. lewdness

Declension

Declension of noun دَعَارَة (daʕāra)‎; دِعَارَة (diʕāra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعَارَة‎; دِعَارَة daʕāra‎; diʕāra	الدَّعَارَة‎; الدِّعَارَة ad-daʕāra‎; ad-diʕāra	دَعَارَة‎; دِعَارَة daʕārat‎; diʕārat
Nominative	دَعَارَةٌ‎; دِعَارَةٌ daʕāratun‎; diʕāratun	الدَّعَارَةُ‎; الدِّعَارَةُ ad-daʕāratu‎; ad-diʕāratu	دَعَارَةُ‎; دِعَارَةُ daʕāratu‎; diʕāratu
Accusative	دَعَارَةً‎; دِعَارَةً daʕāratan‎; diʕāratan	الدَّعَارَةَ‎; الدِّعَارَةَ ad-daʕārata‎; ad-diʕārata	دَعَارَةَ‎; دِعَارَةَ daʕārata‎; diʕārata
Genitive	دَعَارَةٍ‎; دِعَارَةٍ daʕāratin‎; diʕāratin	الدَّعَارَةِ‎; الدِّعَارَةِ ad-daʕārati‎; ad-diʕārati	دَعَارَةِ‎; دِعَارَةِ daʕārati‎; diʕārati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دعارة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen