دير

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See also: دیز and دیر

Arabic

دَيْر

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
د ي ر (d-y-r)

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā) which generally means “dwelling” and specifically “cloister”, from the Syriac root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) relating to dwelling, originally parallel to دَار (dār, “dwelling; abode”) and دَوَّارة (dawwāra, “home; quarter”) from the root د و ر (d-w-r) bearing meanings of “circling, going about”.

Noun

دَيْر • (dayr) m (plural أَدْيَار (ʔadyār) or أَدْيِرَة (ʔadyira) or دُيُورَة (duyūra))

  1. monastery, convent, cloister
Declension
Declension of noun دَيْر (dayr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَيْر
dayr 		الدَّيْر
ad-dayr 		دَيْر
dayr
Nominative دَيْرٌ
dayrun 		الدَّيْرُ
ad-dayru 		دَيْرُ
dayru
Accusative دَيْرًا
dayran 		الدَّيْرَ
ad-dayra 		دَيْرَ
dayra
Genitive دَيْرٍ
dayrin 		الدَّيْرِ
ad-dayri 		دَيْرِ
dayri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal دَيْرَيْن
dayrayn 		الدَّيْرَيْن
ad-dayrayn 		دَيْرَيْ
dayray
Nominative دَيْرَانِ
dayrāni 		الدَّيْرَانِ
ad-dayrāni 		دَيْرَا
dayrā
Accusative دَيْرَيْنِ
dayrayni 		الدَّيْرَيْنِ
ad-dayrayni 		دَيْرَيْ
dayray
Genitive دَيْرَيْنِ
dayrayni 		الدَّيْرَيْنِ
ad-dayrayni 		دَيْرَيْ
dayray
Plural basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَدْيَار‎; أَدْيِرَة‎; دُيُورَة
ʔadyār‎; ʔadyira‎; duyūra 		الْأَدْيَار‎; الْأَدْيِرَة‎; الدُّيُورَة
al-ʔadyār‎; al-ʔadyira‎; ad-duyūra 		أَدْيَار‎; أَدْيِرَة‎; دُيُورَة
ʔadyār‎; ʔadyirat‎; duyūrat
Nominative أَدْيَارٌ‎; أَدْيِرَةٌ‎; دُيُورَةٌ
ʔadyārun‎; ʔadyiratun‎; duyūratun 		الْأَدْيَارُ‎; الْأَدْيِرَةُ‎; الدُّيُورَةُ
al-ʔadyāru‎; al-ʔadyiratu‎; ad-duyūratu 		أَدْيَارُ‎; أَدْيِرَةُ‎; دُيُورَةُ
ʔadyāru‎; ʔadyiratu‎; duyūratu
Accusative أَدْيَارًا‎; أَدْيِرَةً‎; دُيُورَةً
ʔadyāran‎; ʔadyiratan‎; duyūratan 		الْأَدْيَارَ‎; الْأَدْيِرَةَ‎; الدُّيُورَةَ
al-ʔadyāra‎; al-ʔadyirata‎; ad-duyūrata 		أَدْيَارَ‎; أَدْيِرَةَ‎; دُيُورَةَ
ʔadyāra‎; ʔadyirata‎; duyūrata
Genitive أَدْيَارٍ‎; أَدْيِرَةٍ‎; دُيُورَةٍ
ʔadyārin‎; ʔadyiratin‎; duyūratin 		الْأَدْيَارِ‎; الْأَدْيِرَةِ‎; الدُّيُورَةِ
al-ʔadyāri‎; al-ʔadyirati‎; ad-duyūrati 		أَدْيَارِ‎; أَدْيِرَةِ‎; دُيُورَةِ
ʔadyāri‎; ʔadyirati‎; duyūrati

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
  • יואל אליצור, חיים בן דוד (2007) “'דיר' ונווה ושמות מקומות מטיפוס דיר- בארץ-ישראל [Deir in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic and Toponyms of the “Deir-X” Type]”, in קתדרה: לתולדות ארץ ישראל ויישובה [Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv], number 123, Jerusalem: יד יצחק בן-צבי, →DOI, pages 13–38

Etymology 2

Verb

دِيرَ • (dīra) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of دَارَ (dāra)
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