دَّاع

daAEK dAE dAEy [ Praying, or supplicating God:] calling, or summoning: (Mgh:) [ inviting: ] and particularly, [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] one who calls, or summons, or invites, to obey a right or a wrong religion: (TA:) pl. duEaApN (Mgh, Msb, TA) and daAEuwna . (Msb, TA.) [Hence,] daAEiY A@ll~`hi [ God's summoner, or inviter; i. e.] the prophet: (K:) and also, (Msb, K,) or simply Ald~aAEiY , (TA,) The muw^a*~in [or summoner to prayer ]. (Msb, K, TA.) [Hence also, daAEiY AlmanaAyaA The summoner of death, lit. of deaths; like TaAriqu AlmanaAyaA ] ― -b2- See also the next paragraph, in two places. ― -b3- Also A punisher. (TA.)