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)
- a raised platform to bide upon
- a bench, a flat-topped structure on the outside of a house upon which one sits
- a tribune upon columns in a mosque for recitations by the imam, dikka
- a kind of brancard, a litter on which a bier is placed before its transferral to the tomb
- the spot on a building site where building material is stacked
- grit, crushed stone, ground ground
Declension
| 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
Etymology 2
Noun
دِكَّة • (dikka) f (plural دِكَك (dikak))
Declension
| 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 Cie, pages 718b–719a
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “دكة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, 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[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 400