دعسوقة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- دُعْسُوق (duʕsūq), دُعْشُوقَة (duʕšūqa), دُعْشُوق (duʕšūq), دُعْسُوفَة (duʕsūfa), دُعْسُوف (duʕsūf), دُعْشُوفَة (duʕšūfa), دُعْشُوف (duʕšūf)
Etymology
From Persian کفشدوزک (kafšduzak, “ladybug”, literally “little shoemaker or cobbler”), from the likening of its spots with the sewing on of patches.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duʕ.suː.qa/
Noun
دُعْسُوقَة • (duʕsūqa) f (plural دَعَاسِيق (daʕāsīq) or دُعْسُوقَات (duʕsūqāt))
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دُعْسُوقَة duʕsūqa |
الدُّعْسُوقَة ad-duʕsūqa |
دُعْسُوقَة duʕsūqat |
| nominative | دُعْسُوقَةٌ duʕsūqatun |
الدُّعْسُوقَةُ ad-duʕsūqatu |
دُعْسُوقَةُ duʕsūqatu |
| accusative | دُعْسُوقَةً duʕsūqatan |
الدُّعْسُوقَةَ ad-duʕsūqata |
دُعْسُوقَةَ duʕsūqata |
| genitive | دُعْسُوقَةٍ duʕsūqatin |
الدُّعْسُوقَةِ ad-duʕsūqati |
دُعْسُوقَةِ duʕsūqati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | دُعْسُوقَتَيْن duʕsūqatayn |
الدُّعْسُوقَتَيْن ad-duʕsūqatayn |
دُعْسُوقَتَيْ duʕsūqatay |
| nominative | دُعْسُوقَتَانِ duʕsūqatāni |
الدُّعْسُوقَتَانِ ad-duʕsūqatāni |
دُعْسُوقَتَا duʕsūqatā |
| accusative | دُعْسُوقَتَيْنِ duʕsūqatayni |
الدُّعْسُوقَتَيْنِ ad-duʕsūqatayni |
دُعْسُوقَتَيْ duʕsūqatay |
| genitive | دُعْسُوقَتَيْنِ duʕsūqatayni |
الدُّعْسُوقَتَيْنِ ad-duʕsūqatayni |
دُعْسُوقَتَيْ duʕsūqatay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دُعْسُوقَات duʕsūqāt |
الدُّعْسُوقَات ad-duʕsūqāt |
دُعْسُوقَات duʕsūqāt |
| nominative | دُعْسُوقَاتٌ duʕsūqātun |
الدُّعْسُوقَاتُ ad-duʕsūqātu |
دُعْسُوقَاتُ duʕsūqātu |
| accusative | دُعْسُوقَاتٍ duʕsūqātin |
الدُّعْسُوقَاتِ ad-duʕsūqāti |
دُعْسُوقَاتِ duʕsūqāti |
| genitive | دُعْسُوقَاتٍ duʕsūqātin |
الدُّعْسُوقَاتِ ad-duʕsūqāti |
دُعْسُوقَاتِ duʕsūqāti |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “دعسوقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 33
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “دعسوقة”, 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[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 701
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic دُعْسُوقَة (duʕsūqa), from Persian کفشدوزک (kafšduzak, “ladybug”, literally “little shoemaker or cobbler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daʕ.suː.ɡa/, [daʕ.suː.qa]
Noun
دعسوقة • (daʕsūga) f (plural دَعاسيق (daʕāsīg) or دَعْسُوقَات (daʕsūgāt))