دعو

دَعِىٌّ دعا دعى دعي ودع One invited to a repast: pl. دُعَوَاآءُ; as in the saying عِنْدَهُ دُعَوَاآءُ [ With him, or at his abode, are guests invited to a repast ]. (TA.) ― -b2- One who makes a claim in respect of relationship; (S;) [i. e.] one who claims as his father a person who is not his father; (Az, Mgh, Msb;) [in other words,] one who claims the relationship of a son to a person who is not his father: or one who is claimed as a son by a person who is not his father; (Az, Msb;) an adopted son: (S, K:) pl. أَدْئِيَاآءُ, (S,) which is anomalous; (Bd in xxxiii. 4;) occurring in the Kur [in the verse just referred to], where it is said, وَمَاجَعَلَ أَدْئِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاآءَكُمْ (S) Nor hath He made your adopted sons to be your sons in reality. (Jel.) ― -b3- And One whose origin, or lineage, or parentage, is suspected; (K, TA;) as also ↓ مَدْعِىٌّ: pl. of the former as in the next preceding sentence. (TA.)