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داعية

Root: داعية

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داعية dā‘iya one who calls for s.th. (الى), invites to s.th. (الى); propagandist (with foll. genit. or الى: of s.th.), herald; 283 (pl. دواع dawā‘in) motive, reason, cause, occasion; pl. دواع requirements, exigencies │داعية حرب warmonger; لدواع صحية li-dawā‘in ṣiḥḥīya for reasons of health; من دواعي سروري it gives me great pleasure ...

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