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signify the same: (Fr, K and TA in article دعى:) the aorist of the former is أَدْعُو, (TA in that article,) sec. pers. feminine singular تَدْعِينَ and تَدْعُوِينَ and تَدٌعُيْنَ, the last with an inclination to the sound of a dammeh in the vowel of the ع [so that it is between a kesreh and a dammeh], and sec. pers. masculine and feminine plural تَدْعُونَ: (S, TA:) aorist of the latter verb أَدْعِى: verbal noun دُعَاءٌ. (TA in article دعى.) دُعَاءٌ [generally] signifies [or implies] The act of seeking, desiring, asking, or demanding. (KT.)
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You say, دَعَا
اللّٰهَ, (K,) first pers. دَعَوْتُ, aorist أَدْعُو, (Msb,) verbal noun دُعَاءٌ (Msb, K) and دَعْوَى, (K,) in which latter the alif [written ى] is to denote the feminine gender, [and therefore the word is without tenween,] (TA,) He prayed to God, supplicated Him, or petitioned Him humbly, (Msb, K, TA,) desiring to obtain some good that He had to bestow. (Msb, TA.) And دَعَوْتُ اللّٰهَ لَهُ [I prayed to God for him]; and عَلَيْهِ [against him]; verbal noun دُعَاءٌ: (S:) [and دَعَوْتُ لَهُ
I prayed for him, or blessed him; and دَعَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ
I prayed against him, or cursed him:] and دَعَوْتُ لَهُ بِخَيْرٍ [I supplicated for him good]; and دَعَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِشَرٍّ [I imprecated upon him evil]. (TA.)
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[Hence,] دَعَا بِهِ, said of anything in the earth, means It needed it; or required it: [and so دَعَا إِلَيْهِ: one says of a wall, دَعَا إِلَى إِصْلَاحِهِ
It needed, or required, its being repaired: (see 10 in article رم:) and] one says to him whose clothes have become old and worn out, قَدْ دَعَتْ ثِيَابُكَ [Thy clothes have become such as to need thy putting on others; or] thou hast become in need of putting on other clothes. (Aboo-'Adnán, TA.) [See also 10.]
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دَعَوْتُهُ, (S, MA, Mgh, Msb,) and دَعَوْتُ بِهِ, (MA, [and of frequent occurrence,]) verbal noun [دُعَاءٌ and] دَعْوٌ, (TA, [but the former is more common,]) also signify I called him, called out to him, or summoned him, (S, MA, Mgh, Msb,) synonym نَادَيْتُهُ, (Mgh, Msb,) or الدُّعَاءُ is to the near and النِّدَاءُ is to the distant, (Kull p. 184,) and desired him to come, to come forward, or to advance; (Msb;) and
اِسْتَدْعَيْتُهُ signifies the same, (S, MA,) [i. e.] I called him to myself. (MA.) One says, دَعَا المُوءَذِّنُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ [The
موءذّن
called the people to prayer]. (Msb.) And the saying of En-Nahdee كُنَّا نَدْعُو وَنَدَعُ means We used to call, or invite, them to ElIslám at one time, and to leave doing so at another time. (Mgh.) And دَعَوْتُ النَّاسَ, (Msb,) verbal noun دُعَاءٌ and دَعْوَةٌ, (S,) or the latter is a simple subst., (Msb,) and مَدْعَاةٌ, (S, [apparently there mentioned as a verbal noun, agreeably with many other instances,]) means also I invited people to eat with me, or at my abode. (Msb.)
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[Hence,] مَا دَعَاكَ إِلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ
What drew, led, induced, or caused, and constrained, or drove, thee to do this thing? (TA.) And دَعَانَا غَيْثٌ وَقَعَ بِبَلَدٍ قَدْ
أَمْرَعَ, i. e. [Rain that fell in a region which had become abundant in herbage invited us thither, or] was the cause of our seeking its herbage. (TA.) And يَدْعُومَا بَعْدَهُ, (S, Mgh, K, *) or يَدْعُومَا وَرَاءَهُ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ, (Nh, TA,) [It draws, or attracts, what is to come after it, of the milk,] said of some milk left in the udder. (S, Nh, Mgh, K, TA.) And دَعَاهُ إِلَى الأَمِيرِ
He drove him, or urged him to go, [but more commonly meaning he summoned him,] to the prince, or commander. (K, * TA. [In the TK, الى الأَمْرِ
to the thing, or affair.])
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[Hence likewise,] الدُّعَاءُ signifies also The calling to one's aid: thus, [in the Qur'an, 2:21,] وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ means And call ye to your aid [your helpers]. (TA.)
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And دَعَا المَيِّتَ
He called upon the dead, praising him, and saying, Alas for such a one! or he wailed for, wept for, or deplored the loss of, the dead, and enumerated his good qualities and actions; as though he called him. (TA. [See also 5.])
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دَعَاهُ اللّٰهُ (assumed tropical:) God destroyed him: [as though He called him away:] whence تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى, in the Qur'an, 70:17, [describing the fire of Hell,] (assumed tropical:) It shall destroy him who shall have gone back from the truth and turned away from obedience: or this means (tropical:) it shall draw, and bring, &c.: or it refers to the زَبَانِيَة of Hell [i. e. the tormentors of the damned]: (Bd:) or it means (assumed tropical:) it will do to them hateful deeds. (TA.) [Also] God punished him, or tormented him. (TA.) And دَعَاهُ اللّٰهُ بِمَكْرُوهٍ (tropical:) God caused an evil, or abominable, event to befall him. (ISd, Z, K.)