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

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!
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.