Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܕ-ܩ-ܩ (d-q-q) related to grinding.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [d(ə)qɑqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [d(ə)qɑqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܕܩܩܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܕܩܩܐ)

  1. grinding, crushing
  2. pulse, beat, throb
  3. rocky ground
  4. shallow, islet

Inflection edit

References edit

  • dqq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 96b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 319b

Turoyo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic دَقَّة (daqqa, a hit).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܕܰܩܩܰܐ (daqqaf (plural ܕܰܩܩܰܬ (daqqat))

  1. minute
    Synonym: ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ (qaṭënto)

See also edit