دائرة

See also: دایره

Arabic

Root
د و ر (d w r)
23 terms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.ra/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    دَائِرَة • (dāʔira) f (plural دَوَائِر (dawāʔir))

    1. circle
    2. calamity, misfortune, disaster
      Synonyms: نَازِلَة (nāzila), مُصِيبَة (muṣība), دَاهِيَة (dāhiya), نَائِبَة (nāʔiba)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:98:
        وَمِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَائِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
        wamina l-ʔaʕrābi man yattaḵiḏu mā yunfiqu maḡraman wayatarabbaṣu bikumu ad-dawāʔira ʕalayhim dāʔiratu as-sawʔi wal-lahu samīʕun ʕalīmun
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        "And among the Bedouins are those who take as a burden what they spend and lie in wait for you. The circle of evil is upon them. And God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing."
    3. a defeat
      Synonym: هَزِيمَة (hazīma)
    4. office, department, bureaucratic division
    5. county, daïra, a type of administrative division in Algeria, subdivision of a wilaya

    Declension

    Declension of noun دَائِرَة (dāʔira)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal دَائِرَة
    dāʔira     		الدَّائِرَة
    ad-dāʔira     		دَائِرَة
    dāʔirat
    nominative دَائِرَةٌ
    dāʔiratun     		الدَّائِرَةُ
    ad-dāʔiratu     		دَائِرَةُ
    dāʔiratu
    accusative دَائِرَةً
    dāʔiratan     		الدَّائِرَةَ
    ad-dāʔirata     		دَائِرَةَ
    dāʔirata
    genitive دَائِرَةٍ
    dāʔiratin     		الدَّائِرَةِ
    ad-dāʔirati     		دَائِرَةِ
    dāʔirati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal دَائِرَتَيْن
    dāʔiratayn     		الدَّائِرَتَيْن
    ad-dāʔiratayn     		دَائِرَتَيْ
    dāʔiratay
    nominative دَائِرَتَانِ
    dāʔiratāni     		الدَّائِرَتَانِ
    ad-dāʔiratāni     		دَائِرَتَا
    dāʔiratā
    accusative دَائِرَتَيْنِ
    dāʔiratayni     		الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ
    ad-dāʔiratayni     		دَائِرَتَيْ
    dāʔiratay
    genitive دَائِرَتَيْنِ
    dāʔiratayni     		الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ
    ad-dāʔiratayni     		دَائِرَتَيْ
    dāʔiratay
    plural basic broken plural diptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal دَوَائِر
    dawāʔir     		الدَّوَائِر
    ad-dawāʔir     		دَوَائِر
    dawāʔir
    nominative دَوَائِرُ
    dawāʔiru     		الدَّوَائِرُ
    ad-dawāʔiru     		دَوَائِرُ
    dawāʔiru
    accusative دَوَائِرَ
    dawāʔira     		الدَّوَائِرَ
    ad-dawāʔira     		دَوَائِرَ
    dawāʔira
    genitive دَوَائِرَ
    dawāʔira     		الدَّوَائِرِ
    ad-dawāʔiri     		دَوَائِرِ
    dawāʔiri

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    South Levantine Arabic

    Root
    د و ر
    6 terms

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.re/, [ˈdæː.ʔi.rˤɑ]
    • IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.ra/, [ˈdæː.ʔi.rˤɑ]
    • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

    Noun

    دائرة • (dāʔire) f (plural دوائر (dawāʔer))

    1. alternative form of دايرة (dāyra, “circle”)
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