دُعَاءٌ
1.
is a verbal noun of 1; (Msb, K;) as also
دَعْوَى: (K:) the former is originally دُعَاوٌ: (S:) [both, used as simple substs., signify A prayer, or supplication, to God:] and the plural of the former is أَدْعِيَةٌ. (S.) IF says that some of the Arabs, for
دَعْوَةٌ, say
دَعْوَى, with the feminine alif [written ى]. (Msb, TA.) One says, اَللّٰهُمَّ
المُسْلِمِينَ
أَشْرِكْنَا فِى دَعْوَى, meaning [O God, make us to share] in the prayer (دُعَاء) of the Muslims. (TA.) And hence, in the Qur'an, 10:10, فِيهَا سُبْحَانَك اللّٰهُمَّ
دَعْوَاهُمْ [Their prayer in it shall be
سبحانك اللّٰهمّ]. (TA.) [دُعَاءٌ followed by لِ signifies An invocation of good, a blessing, or a benediction: followed by عَلَى, an imprecation of evil, a curse, or a malediction.] سُورَهُ الدُّعَاءِ is a title of The first chapter of the Qur'an. (Bd.)
2.
[Hence,] دُعَاءٌ signifies also Adoration, worship, or religious service. (TA.)
3.
And i. q.
إِيمَانٌ [i. e. Belief; particularly in God, and in his word and apostles &c.: faith: &c.]: a meaning mentioned by the Expositors of El-Bukháree. (TA.)
4.
[Also A call, or cry; and so
دَعْوَى, as in the Qur'an, 7:4 (where the latter is explained by Bd as synonym with the former) and xxi. 15.]
5.
And [particularly] A calling, or crying, for aid or succour. (TA.)