دج

North Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diʒʒ/

Etymology 1

Perhaps related to دِبِش (dibiš).

Adjective

دج • (dijj) (feminine دِجِّة (dijje), common plural دِجِّين (dijjīn))

  1. rude, crude, uncivilized
    Synonym: دِبِش (dibiš)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Ideophone

دِجّ • (dijj)

  1. Sound of thumping, thudding
    وحملت المكنسة وقعّدت دِجّ دِجّ دِجّ ع هالسقف حاجة الفوقنا يدبّك
    w ḥmilt l-miknse w ʔaʕʕadt dijj dijj dijj ʕa has-saʔf ḥāje l-fawʔna ydabbik
    And I picked up the broom and I sat there thump-thump-thump[-ing] on the ceiling so that the person above us would quit stomping
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