دقيقة

See also: دقيقه, دقیقه, and دقیقہ

Arabic

Etymology

From دَقِيق (daqīq, “small”), from the root د ق ق (d-q-q). Cognate with Mehri دقيقت and Hebrew דקה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.qiː.qa/

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Noun

دَقِيقَة • (daqīqa) f (plural دَقَائِق (daqāʔiq))

1. minute (unit of time)

   أُعْطِنِي دَقِيقَةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَط لِأَنْهِي هَذَا الْعَمَل.

   ʔuʕṭinī daqīqatan wāḥidatan faqaṭ liʔanhī haḏā l-ʕamal.

   Give me just one minute to finish this task.

   عَدَد السَّاعَات فِي يَوْم وَاحِد هُوَ 24 سَاعَة، وَكُل سَاعَة تَحْتُوي عَلَى 60 دَقِيقَة.

   ʕadad as-sāʕāt fī yawm wāḥid huwa 24 sāʕa, wakul sāʕa(t) taḥtūy ʕalā 60 daqīqa.

   The number of hours in one day is 24 hours, and each hour contains 60 minutes.

   كَانَت هَذِهِ لَحْظَةً دَقِيقَةً فِي حَيَاتِي التِي لَا يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَنْسَاهَا.

   kānat haḏihi laḥẓatan daqīqatan fī ḥayātī t-tī lā yumkinunī ʔan ʔansāhā.

   This was a momentous minute in my life that I can't forget.

   • a. 905, Al-Yaʿqūbiyy, edited by Abd al-Amīr Muhannā, Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī, 1st edition, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: شركة الأعلمي للمطبوعات, published 2010, pages 180–181:

     إِنَّ مَسِيرَ الشَّمْسِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَخَمْسِينَ دَقِيقَةً، وَمَسِيرُ أَوْجِ الْقَمَرِ سَبْعُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ رَأْسِ التِّنِّينِ، وَهُوَ الْجَوْزَهَرُ، ثَلَاثُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ زُحَلَ دَقِيقَتَانِ، وَمَسِيرُ الْمُشْتَرِي خَمْسُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ الْمِرِّيخِ إِحْدَى وَثَلَاثُونَ دَقِيقَةً، وَمَسِيرُ الزُّهَرَةِ دَرَجَةٌ وَسِتٌّ وَثَلَاثُونَ دَقِيقَةً، وَمَسِيرُ عُطَارِدٍ أَرْبَعُ دَرَجٍ وَخَمْسُ دَقَائِقَ، وَمَسِيرُ قَلْبِ الْأَسَدِ سِتُّ ثَوانٍ.

     ʔinna masīra š-šamsi fī kulli yawmin yakūnu tisʕan waḵamsīna daqīqatan, wamasīru ʔawji l-qamari sabʕu daqāʔiqa, wamasīru raʔsi t-tinnīni, wahuwa l-jawzaharu, ṯalāṯu daqāʔiqa, wamasīru zuḥala daqīqatāni, wamasīru l-muštarī ḵamsu daqāʔiqa, wamasīru l-mirrīḵi ʔiḥdā waṯalāṯūna daqīqatan, wamasīru z-zuharati darajatun wasittun waṯalāṯūna daqīqatan, wamasīru ʕuṭāridin ʔarbaʕu darajin waḵamsu daqāʔiqa, wamasīru qalbi l-ʔasadi sittu ṯawānin.

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   • a. 1932, Ahmad Shawqi, المَشرِقانِ عَلَيكَ يَنتَحِبانِ:

     دَقَّاتُ قَلْبِ ٱلْمَرْءِ قَائِلَةٌ لَهُ // إِنَّ الْحَيَاةَ دَقَائِقٌ وَثَوَانِي

     daqqātu qalbi l-marʔi qāʔilatun lahu // ʔinna l-ḥayāta daqāʔiqun waṯawānī

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2. particle
3. nicety
4. intricacy
5. detail, particular

Declension

Declension of noun دَقِيقَة (daqīqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَقِيقَة daqīqa	الدَّقِيقَة ad-daqīqa	دَقِيقَة daqīqat
Nominative	دَقِيقَةٌ daqīqatun	الدَّقِيقَةُ ad-daqīqatu	دَقِيقَةُ daqīqatu
Accusative	دَقِيقَةً daqīqatan	الدَّقِيقَةَ ad-daqīqata	دَقِيقَةَ daqīqata
Genitive	دَقِيقَةٍ daqīqatin	الدَّقِيقَةِ ad-daqīqati	دَقِيقَةِ daqīqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَقِيقَتَيْن daqīqatayn	الدَّقِيقَتَيْن ad-daqīqatayn	دَقِيقَتَيْ daqīqatay
Nominative	دَقِيقَتَانِ daqīqatāni	الدَّقِيقَتَانِ ad-daqīqatāni	دَقِيقَتَا daqīqatā
Accusative	دَقِيقَتَيْنِ daqīqatayni	الدَّقِيقَتَيْنِ ad-daqīqatayni	دَقِيقَتَيْ daqīqatay
Genitive	دَقِيقَتَيْنِ daqīqatayni	الدَّقِيقَتَيْنِ ad-daqīqatayni	دَقِيقَتَيْ daqīqatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَقَائِق daqāʔiq	الدَّقَائِق ad-daqāʔiq	دَقَائِق daqāʔiq
Nominative	دَقَائِقُ daqāʔiqu	الدَّقَائِقُ ad-daqāʔiqu	دَقَائِقُ daqāʔiqu
Accusative	دَقَائِقَ daqāʔiqa	الدَّقَائِقَ ad-daqāʔiqa	دَقَائِقَ daqāʔiqa
Genitive	دَقَائِقَ daqāʔiqa	الدَّقَائِقِ ad-daqāʔiqi	دَقَائِقِ daqāʔiqi

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: دقيقة (digīga)
• Hijazi Arabic: دَقيقة (dagīga)
• → Amharic: ደቂቃ (däḳiḳa)
• → Azerbaijani: dəqiqə
• → Karaim: дакъкъа (daqqa)
• → Lezgi: декьикьа (deq̇iq̇a)
• → Lishana Deni: דקיקא (daqiqa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دقیقه (dakika)
  • Turkish: dakika
• → Persian: دقیقه (daqiqe), دقه
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: दक़ीक़ा (daqīqā)
    • Urdu: دَقِیقَہ (daqīqa)
• → Pashto: دقيقه (daqiqa)
• → Swahili: dakika
• → Urum: дакика (dakika)
• → Uzbek: daqiqa

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

• دگيگة
• دقيقه (common misspelling)

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /dɪˈɡiːɡə/
• (Kuwait) Rhymes: -iːɡə

Noun

دقيقة • (digīga) f (dual دقيقتين (digīgtēn), plural دِقايِق (digāyig))

1. minute
2. (by extension) a short time

   عطني دقيقة وأكون معاك ― ʿaṭni digīga wa-kūn maʿāk ― Give me a minute and I'll be with you

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /dəˈqiːqə/, (q-ʁ merger) /dəˈʁiːʁə/
• (Kuwait) Rhymes: -iːqə

Adjective

دقيقة • (dəqiqa) f

1. feminine singular of دَقِيق

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ɡiː.ɡa/

Noun

دقيقة • (dagīga) f (dual دقيقتين (dagīgatēn), plural دقايق (dagāyig))

1. minute
2. (by extension) a short time

Adjective

دقيقة • (dagīga)

1. feminine singular of دقيق (dagīg)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dqiː.qa/

Noun

دقيقة • (dqīqa) f (dual دقيقتين (dqīqtayn), plural دقايق (dqāyiq))

1. minute
2. (by extension) a short time

Usage notes

The dual form is not commonly used.

See also

• ساعة (sāʕa, “hour”)
• تانية (tāniya, tānya, “second”)

Adjective

دقيقة • (dqīqa) f

1. feminine singular of دقيق (dqīq)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د ق ق
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /da.ʔiː.ʔe/, [daˈʔiːʔa]
• IPA^(key): (Urban) /da.ʔiː.ʔa/, [daˈʔiːʔa]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /da.ɡiː.ɡa/, [daˈɡiːɡa]

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Noun

دقيقة • (daʔīʔa) f (plural دقايق (daʔāyeʔ))

1. minute

See also

• (units of time) وحدات الوقت (waḥdāt il-waʔt); سنة (sane, “year”), شهر (šahr, “month”), أسبوع (ʔusbūʕ, “week”), يوم (yōm, “day”), ساعة (sāʕa, “hour”), دقيقة (daʔīʔa, “minute”), ثانية (ṯānye, “second”), لحظة (laḥẓa, “moment”)