دَعْوَى

Also a subst. from 8; (S, M, Mgh, Msb, TA;) omitted in the K, though better known than the sun; (TA;) and so دَعَاوَةٌ (M, Msb, K) and دِعَاوَةٌ and دِعْوَةٌ, (M, K,) according to the general pronunciation, (M, TA,) and دَعْوَةٌ, (M, K,) according to the pronunciation of 'Adee of Er-Rabáb, (M, TA,) and دَاعِيَةٌ; (TA, there said to be synonym with دَعْوَى;) [meaning An assertion that a thing belongs to one, or is due to one; a claim; as is indicated in the S and Mgh and K &c.;] a demand; a suit; (Yz, Az, Msb;) whether true or false: (Mgh, K, TA:) the plural of دَعْوَى is دَعَاوٍ and دَعَاوَى; the former of which is preferable according to some, being, as IJ says, the original form; but some say that the latter is preferable: (Msb:) [the latter only is mentioned in the Mgh:] the alif in the singular [written ى] is a sign of the feminine gender; and therefore the word is without tenween. (Mgh.) Yz mentions the sayings, لِى فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ دَعْوَى I have, in respect of this thing, [a claim or] a demand, and دَعَاوَى or دَعَاوٍ [claims or] demands, as written in different copies. (Az, Msb.) And لَوْ أُعْطِىَ النَّاسُ بِدَعَاوِيهِمْ [If men were given according to their claims, or demands,] occurs in a tradition (Msb.)