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دعو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دِعْوَةٌ دع دعا دعوه دعوة ودع respects relationship, (S, Msb,) like ↓ دَعْوَى or دَعْوَى فِى النَّسَبِ; (S;) meaning A claim in respect of relationship; (K;) [i. e.] one's claiming as his father a person who is not his father; (Az, Mgh, Msb;) [in other words,] one's claiming the relationship of a son to a person who is not his father: or one's being claimed as a son by a person who is not his father: (Az, Msb:) thus pronounced by most of the Arabs, except 'Adee of Er-Rabáb, who pronounce it, in this sense, ↓ دَعْوَةٌ. (S, Msb.) See also دَعْوَى. ― -b2- Also Kindred, or relationship, and brotherhood: so in the saying, لِى فِىالقَوْمِ دِعْوَةٌ [ I have in, or among, the people, or company of men, kindred, or relationship, and brotherhood ]. (Ks, Msb.) ― -b3- See also دَعْوَةٌ.

Derived headwords

دِعْوَةٌ
  1. 1.
دَعْوَى فِى النَّسَبِ
لِى فِىالقَوْمِ دِعْوَةٌ