دكة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Altered from دُكَّان (dukkān, “dais, estrade”), contaminated also with دَكَّ (dakka, “to pound down”).

Noun

دَكَّة or دِكَّة • (dakka or dikka) f (plural دِكَك (dikak)) (colloquial)

1. a raised platform to bide upon
   1. a bench, a flat-topped structure on the outside of a house upon which one sits
   2. a tribune upon columns in a mosque for recitations by the imam, dikka
   3. a kind of brancard, a litter on which a bier is placed before its transferral to the tomb
   4. the spot on a building site where building material is stacked
2. grit, crushed stone, ground ground

Declension

Declension of noun دَكَّة (dakka)‎; دِكَّة (dikka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَكَّة‎; دِكَّة dakka‎; dikka	الدَّكَّة‎; الدِّكَّة ad-dakka‎; ad-dikka	دَكَّة‎; دِكَّة dakkat‎; dikkat
Nominative	دَكَّةٌ‎; دِكَّةٌ dakkatun‎; dikkatun	الدَّكَّةُ‎; الدِّكَّةُ ad-dakkatu‎; ad-dikkatu	دَكَّةُ‎; دِكَّةُ dakkatu‎; dikkatu
Accusative	دَكَّةً‎; دِكَّةً dakkatan‎; dikkatan	الدَّكَّةَ‎; الدِّكَّةَ ad-dakkata‎; ad-dikkata	دَكَّةَ‎; دِكَّةَ dakkata‎; dikkata
Genitive	دَكَّةٍ‎; دِكَّةٍ dakkatin‎; dikkatin	الدَّكَّةِ‎; الدِّكَّةِ ad-dakkati‎; ad-dikkati	دَكَّةِ‎; دِكَّةِ dakkati‎; dikkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَكَّتَيْن‎; دِكَّتَيْن dakkatayn‎; dikkatayn	الدَّكَّتَيْن‎; الدِّكَّتَيْن ad-dakkatayn‎; ad-dikkatayn	دَكَّتَيْ‎; دِكَّتَيْ dakkatay‎; dikkatay
Nominative	دَكَّتَانِ‎; دِكَّتَانِ dakkatāni‎; dikkatāni	الدَّكَّتَانِ‎; الدِّكَّتَانِ ad-dakkatāni‎; ad-dikkatāni	دَكَّتَا‎; دِكَّتَا dakkatā‎; dikkatā
Accusative	دَكَّتَيْنِ‎; دِكَّتَيْنِ dakkatayni‎; dikkatayni	الدَّكَّتَيْنِ‎; الدِّكَّتَيْنِ ad-dakkatayni‎; ad-dikkatayni	دَكَّتَيْ‎; دِكَّتَيْ dakkatay‎; dikkatay
Genitive	دَكَّتَيْنِ‎; دِكَّتَيْنِ dakkatayni‎; dikkatayni	الدَّكَّتَيْنِ‎; الدِّكَّتَيْنِ ad-dakkatayni‎; ad-dikkatayni	دَكَّتَيْ‎; دِكَّتَيْ dakkatay‎; dikkatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِكَك dikak	الدِّكَك ad-dikak	دِكَك dikak
Nominative	دِكَكٌ dikakun	الدِّكَكُ ad-dikaku	دِكَكُ dikaku
Accusative	دِكَكًا dikakan	الدِّكَكَ ad-dikaka	دِكَكَ dikaka
Genitive	دِكَكٍ dikakin	الدِّكَكِ ad-dikaki	دِكَكِ dikaki

Descendants

• → English: dikka
• → Serbo-Croatian: dìkka

Etymology 2

Noun

دِكَّة • (dikka) f (plural دِكَك (dikak))

1. Alternative form of تِكَّة (tikka, “waistband”)

Declension

Declension of noun دِكَّة (dikka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِكَّة dikka	الدِّكَّة ad-dikka	دِكَّة dikkat
Nominative	دِكَّةٌ dikkatun	الدِّكَّةُ ad-dikkatu	دِكَّةُ dikkatu
Accusative	دِكَّةً dikkatan	الدِّكَّةَ ad-dikkata	دِكَّةَ dikkata
Genitive	دِكَّةٍ dikkatin	الدِّكَّةِ ad-dikkati	دِكَّةِ dikkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِكَّتَيْن dikkatayn	الدِّكَّتَيْن ad-dikkatayn	دِكَّتَيْ dikkatay
Nominative	دِكَّتَانِ dikkatāni	الدِّكَّتَانِ ad-dikkatāni	دِكَّتَا dikkatā
Accusative	دِكَّتَيْنِ dikkatayni	الدِّكَّتَيْنِ ad-dikkatayni	دِكَّتَيْ dikkatay
Genitive	دِكَّتَيْنِ dikkatayni	الدِّكَّتَيْنِ ad-dikkatayni	دِكَّتَيْ dikkatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِكَك dikak	الدِّكَك ad-dikak	دِكَك dikak
Nominative	دِكَكٌ dikakun	الدِّكَكُ ad-dikaku	دِكَكُ dikaku
Accusative	دِكَكًا dikakan	الدِّكَكَ ad-dikaka	دِكَكَ dikaka
Genitive	دِكَكٍ dikakin	الدِّكَكِ ad-dikaki	دِكَكِ dikaki

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “دكة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 453b
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “دكة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 46a
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “دكة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 718b–719a
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “دكة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 899b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “دكة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 333
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “دكة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 400