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نِدَآءٌ

Root: ندى

Full Definition

نِدَآءٌ signifies simply The raising the voice; not implying the expression of meaning by speech.
2 حَرْفُ نِدَآءِ A particle of calling, or hailing, or invocation; as يَا.
3 A vocative particle.
4 The vocative form of speech.
5 Also, agreeably with many other instances, like خَلْقٌ in the sense of مَخْلُوقٌ, an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of a pass. part. n., meaning A person or thing called; the object of a vocative particle, syn. with مُنَادًى .
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