داية

Arabic

دَايَة • (dāya) f (plural دَايَات‎ (dāyāt))

Declension of noun دَايَة (dāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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
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

From Arabic دَايَة‎ (dāya), from Persian ‎ (dâye, “nurse, midwife”). Cognate with Armenian դայակ (dayak, “nanny, nurse, midwife”).

داية • (dāya) f (dual دايتين‎ (dāytēn), plural دايات‎, dāyāt)

(historical) midwife
‏امها حامل بتوم، الله يعين الداية!‎‎
Her mother is pregnant with a twin, God help the midwife!
(historical) 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.

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