دويرة

Arabic

Etymology

Diminutive of دَار (dār).

Noun

دُوَيْرَة • (duwayra) f (plural دُوَيْرَات (duwayrāt)) (archaic)

1. minor dwelling, maisonette
2. chamber, hall, closet, a place of recess in large building
   • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎^[1], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, pages 231 line 1 a fine–232 line 3:

     ثُمَّ جَاءَ أَحَدُ ٱلْفِتْيَانِ بِبُقْشَةٍ […] وَهِيَ ٱلسَنَبِيَّةُ فَأَخَذَهَا ٱلنَّائِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَأَدْخَلَنِي إِلَى دُوَيْرَةٍ يُسَمُّونَهَا فَرْدْخَانَةً […]

     ṯumma jāʔa ʔaḥadu l-fityāni bibuqšatin […] wahiya s-sanabiyyatu faʔaḵaḏahā n-nāʔibu bi-yadi-hī waʔaḵaḏa bi-yadī waʔadḵalanī ʔilā duwayratin yusammūnahā fardḵānatan […]

     Then came one of the boys with a bundle […] this is an envelop […] and the lieutenant took it with his hand and took me by the hand and made enter into a maisonette they call recovery room […]

Declension

Declension of noun دُوَيْرَة (duwayra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوَيْرَة duwayra	الدُّوَيْرَة ad-duwayra	دُوَيْرَة duwayrat
Nominative	دُوَيْرَةٌ duwayratun	الدُّوَيْرَةُ ad-duwayratu	دُوَيْرَةُ duwayratu
Accusative	دُوَيْرَةً duwayratan	الدُّوَيْرَةَ ad-duwayrata	دُوَيْرَةَ duwayrata
Genitive	دُوَيْرَةٍ duwayratin	الدُّوَيْرَةِ ad-duwayrati	دُوَيْرَةِ duwayrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوَيْرَتَيْن duwayratayn	الدُّوَيْرَتَيْن ad-duwayratayn	دُوَيْرَتَيْ duwayratay
Nominative	دُوَيْرَتَانِ duwayratāni	الدُّوَيْرَتَانِ ad-duwayratāni	دُوَيْرَتَا duwayratā
Accusative	دُوَيْرَتَيْنِ duwayratayni	الدُّوَيْرَتَيْنِ ad-duwayratayni	دُوَيْرَتَيْ duwayratay
Genitive	دُوَيْرَتَيْنِ duwayratayni	الدُّوَيْرَتَيْنِ ad-duwayratayni	دُوَيْرَتَيْ duwayratay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوَيْرَات duwayrāt	الدُّوَيْرَات ad-duwayrāt	دُوَيْرَات duwayrāt
Nominative	دُوَيْرَاتٌ duwayrātun	الدُّوَيْرَاتُ ad-duwayrātu	دُوَيْرَاتُ duwayrātu
Accusative	دُوَيْرَاتٍ duwayrātin	الدُّوَيْرَاتِ ad-duwayrāti	دُوَيْرَاتِ duwayrāti
Genitive	دُوَيْرَاتٍ duwayrātin	الدُّوَيْرَاتِ ad-duwayrāti	دُوَيْرَاتِ duwayrāti

Moroccan Arabic

Noun

دويرة • (dwayra, dwīra) f (plural دويرات (dwayrāt, dwīrāt))

1. Diminutive of دار (dār)