[1]
دَعَوْتُ and
دَعَيْتُ signify the same: (Fr, K
and TA in art. دعى:) the aor. of the former is
أَدْعُو, (TA in that art.,) sec. pers. fem. sing.
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. masc. and fem. pl.
تَدْعُونَ: (S, TA:) aor. of the latter verb أَدْعِى:
inf. n. دُعَآءٌ. (TA in art. دعى.) دُعَآءٌ [generally]
signifies [or implies] The act of seeking, desiring,
asking, or demanding. (KT.) ―
2-b2- You say, دَعَا
ٱللّٰهَ, (K,) first pers. دَعَوْتُ, aor. أَدْعُو, (Msb,)
inf. n. دُعَآءٌ (Msb, K) and دَعْوَى, (K,) in which
latter the alif [written ى] is to denote the fem.
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 ٱللّٰهَ لَهُ [I prayed
to God for him]; and عَلَيْهِ [against him]; inf. n.
دُعَآءٌ: (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.) ―
2-b3- دَعَا
بِالكِتَابِ He desired, or required, or requested,
that the writing, or book, should be brought.
(TA.) And دَعَا أَنْفُهُ الطِّيبَ His nose, perceiving its odour, desired the perfume. (TA.) ―
2-b4-
[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 art. 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.] ―
2-b5- دَعَوْتُهُ, (S, MA, Mgh, Msb,)
and دَعَوْتُ بِهِ, (MA, [and of frequent occurrence,])
inf. n. [دُعَآءٌ 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,) syn. نَادَيْتُهُ, (Mgh, Msb,) or الدُّعَآءُ is to the
near and النِّدَآءُ 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 المُؤَذِّنُ النَّاسَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ
[The مؤذّن 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,)
inf. n. دُعَآءٌ and دَعْوَةٌ, (S,) or the latter is a simple
subst., (Msb,) and مَدْعَاةٌ, (S, [app. there mentioned as an inf. n., agreeably with many other
instances,]) means also I invited people to eat
with me, or at my abode. (Msb.) ―
2-b6- [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 وَرَآءَهُ 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.]) ―
2-b7- [Hence likewise,]
الدُّعَآءُ signifies also The calling to one's aid:
thus, [in the Kur ii. 21,] وَٱدْعُوا شُهَدَآءَكُمْ means
And call ye to your aid [your helpers]. (TA.)
―
2-b8- 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.]) ―
2-b9- And دَعَوْتُهُ زَيْدًا and بِزَيْدٍ (tropical:) I
called him, i. e. named him, Zeyd. (Msb, K,
TA.) And دَعَوْتُهُ بِٱبْنِ زَيْدٍ (assumed tropical:) I called him, i. e.
asserted him to be, the son of Zeyd. (Msb.) ―
2-b10-
دَعَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ (assumed tropical:) God destroyed him: [as though He
called him away:] whence تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى,
in the Kur lxx. 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 ٱللّٰهُ بِمَكْرُوهٍ (tropical:) God caused an evil, or abominable, event to befall him. (ISd, Z, K.) ―
2-b11- دَعَا
فِى الضَّرْعِ (tropical:) He left some milk, such as is termed
دَاعِيَة, in the udder. (M, K, TA.) Accord. to
IAth, دَاعِيَةٌ is an inf. n., like عَاقِبَةٌ and عَافِيَةٌ.
(TA.)