دعوى

See also: دعوة and دعوه

Arabic

Root
د ع و (d ʕ w)
16 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʕ.waː/

Noun

دَعْوَى • (daʕwā) f (dual دَعْوَيَانِ (daʕwayāni), plural دَعَاوَى (daʕāwā) or دَعَاوٍ (daʕāwin), plural construct state دَعَاوِي (daʕāwī))

1. assertion
2. claim
3. (law) lawsuit, process
4. (law) legal title

Declension

Declension of noun دَعْوَى (daʕwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعْوَى daʕwā	الدَّعْوَى ad-daʕwā	دَعْوَى daʕwā
Nominative	دَعْوَى daʕwā	الدَّعْوَى ad-daʕwā	دَعْوَى daʕwā
Accusative	دَعْوَى daʕwā	الدَّعْوَى ad-daʕwā	دَعْوَى daʕwā
Genitive	دَعْوَى daʕwā	الدَّعْوَى ad-daʕwā	دَعْوَى daʕwā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعْوَيَيْن daʕwayayn	الدَّعْوَيَيْن ad-daʕwayayn	دَعْوَيَيْ daʕwayay
Nominative	دَعْوَيَانِ daʕwayāni	الدَّعْوَيَانِ ad-daʕwayāni	دَعْوَيَا daʕwayā
Accusative	دَعْوَيَيْنِ daʕwayayni	الدَّعْوَيَيْنِ ad-daʕwayayni	دَعْوَيَيْ daʕwayay
Genitive	دَعْوَيَيْنِ daʕwayayni	الدَّعْوَيَيْنِ ad-daʕwayayni	دَعْوَيَيْ daʕwayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعَاوِي‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwī‎; daʕāwā	الدَّعَاوِي‎; الدَّعَاوَى ad-daʕāwī‎; ad-daʕāwā	دَعَاوِي‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwī‎; daʕāwā
Nominative	دَعَاوٍ‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwin‎; daʕāwā	الدَّعَاوِي‎; الدَّعَاوَى ad-daʕāwī‎; ad-daʕāwā	دَعَاوِي‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwī‎; daʕāwā
Accusative	دَعَاوِيَ‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwiya‎; daʕāwā	الدَّعَاوِيَ‎; الدَّعَاوَى ad-daʕāwiya‎; ad-daʕāwā	دَعَاوِيَ‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwiya‎; daʕāwā
Genitive	دَعَاوٍ‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwin‎; daʕāwā	الدَّعَاوِي‎; الدَّعَاوَى ad-daʕāwī‎; ad-daʕāwā	دَعَاوِي‎; دَعَاوَى daʕāwī‎; daʕāwā

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dava
  • → Georgian: დავა (dava)
• → Bashkir: дәғүә (dəğwə, “claim, pretension”)
• → Bengali: দাবী (dabī)
• → Malay: dakwa
  • Indonesian: dakwa
• → Middle Armenian: դաւի (dawi), դաւէ (dawē), դավի (davi), տաւի (tawi), տաւէ (tawē)
  • Armenian: դավի (davi), դավա (dava), դա̈վա̈ (dävä) — Van, dialectological notation, տավի (tavi), տավա (tava) — Western Armenian, դաւի (dawi), դաւա (dawa), դաւայ (daway), տաւի (tawi), տաւա (tawa), տաւայ (taway), տավայ (tavay) — traditional orthography
• → Ottoman Turkish: دعوی (dava), دعوا (dava)
  • Turkish: dava
• → Persian: دعوی (da'vâ)
  • → Hindi: दावा (dāvā)
  • → Urdu: دعوی (dāvā)
  • → Gujarati: દાવો (dāvo)
• → Sindhi: دعوي (da'vā)
• → Swahili: daawa
• → Uyghur: دەۋا (dewa)
• → Uzbek: da'vo

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “دعوى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دعوى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen