داية

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Early New Persian دَایَه (dāya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daː.ja/

Noun

دَايَة • (dāyaf (plural دَايَات (dāyāt))

  1. midwife, wet nurse

Declension

Declension of noun دَايَة (dāya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal دَايَة
dāya
الدَّايَة
ad-dāya
دَايَة
dāyat
nominative دَايَةٌ
dāyatun
الدَّايَةُ
ad-dāyatu
دَايَةُ
dāyatu
accusative دَايَةً
dāyatan
الدَّايَةَ
ad-dāyata
دَايَةَ
dāyata
genitive دَايَةٍ
dāyatin
الدَّايَةِ
ad-dāyati
دَايَةِ
dāyati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal دَايَتَيْن
dāyatayn
الدَّايَتَيْن
ad-dāyatayn
دَايَتَيْ
dāyatay
nominative دَايَتَانِ
dāyatāni
الدَّايَتَانِ
ad-dāyatāni
دَايَتَا
dāyatā
accusative دَايَتَيْنِ
dāyatayni
الدَّايَتَيْنِ
ad-dāyatayni
دَايَتَيْ
dāyatay
genitive دَايَتَيْنِ
dāyatayni
الدَّايَتَيْنِ
ad-dāyatayni
دَايَتَيْ
dāyatay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal دَايَات
dāyāt
الدَّايَات
ad-dāyāt
دَايَات
dāyāt
nominative دَايَاتٌ
dāyātun
الدَّايَاتُ
ad-dāyātu
دَايَاتُ
dāyātu
accusative دَايَاتٍ
dāyātin
الدَّايَاتِ
ad-dāyāti
دَايَاتِ
dāyāti
genitive دَايَاتٍ
dāyātin
الدَّايَاتِ
ad-dāyāti
دَايَاتِ
dāyāti

Descendants

  • Andalusian Arabic: داية (dāya)[1]
  • Gulf Arabic: داية (dāya)

References

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَايَة (dāya).

Pronunciation

Noun

داية • (dāyaf (dual دايتين (dāytēn), plural دايات (dāyāt)) (historical)

  1. midwife
    امها حامل بتوم، الله يعين الداية!Her mother is pregnant with a twin, God help the midwife!
  2. a person hired to suckle a child (before bottled/powedered milk); a wet nurse
    امه ماتت بعد ولادته فعطوه حق الداية ترضعه
    His mother died after his birth so they handed him to the wet nurse to suckle him.