engl1 to call (s.o.); 2a to summon (bi‑ or s.o.), call or send for s.o. (bi‑ or s.o.); b to call up (s.o., ʔilà, li‑ for); c to call upon s.o., appeal to s.o. for s.th. or to do s.th. (li‑, ʔilà), invite, urge (li‑, ʔilà s.o. to do s.th.); d to invite, ask to come (ʔilà s.o. to; e.g., to a banquet); e to call (bi‑, s.o. by a name), name (bi‑, s.o. so and so), pass.: duʕiya to be called, be named; f to invoke (āllah God = to pray to); g to move, induce, prompt (li‑, ʔilà s.o. to do s.th.), prevail (li‑, ʔilà on s.o. to do s.th.); 3a to wish (li‑ s.o.) well, bless (li‑ s.o.; properly: to invoke God in favor of s.o.), invoke a blessing (bi‑) upon s.o. (li‑), pray (bi‑ for s.th., li‑ on behalf of s.o.), implore (bi‑ li‑ for s.o. s.th.); b to curse (ʕalà s.o.; properly: to invoke God against s.o.), call down evil, invoke evil (ʕalà upon s.o.); 4 to propagate, propagandize (ʔilà s.th.), make propaganda, make publicity (ʔilà for); 5 to demand, require (ʔilà s.th.), call for (ʔilà); 6 to call forth, bring about, cause, provoke, occasion (ʔilà s.th.), give rise (ʔilà to) – WehrCowan1979.