مدق
Arabic
Alternative forms
- مِدَقّة (midaqqa)
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| د ق ق (d q q) |
| 11 terms |
Tool noun from دَقَّ (daqqa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.daqq/
Noun
مِدَقّ • (midaqq) m (plural مَداقّ (madāqq) or مِدَقَّات (midaqqāt))
- an implement to pound or beat things with it or upon it
- beetle, batlet
- pestle
- (Yemen, Najrān) larger mortar, an ancient spot in mountainous terrain for crushing
- 2019 November 29, مشعل بن عبد الله, “مَدَقّات الجدود تحاصر الأخدود!! (with motion pictures)”, in Rattibha[1]:
- clapper, clanger, tongue of a bell or a bell itself
- Synonym: نَاقُوس (nāqūs)
- hammer or hew (especially one considered to crush stone)
- various a kind of construction and military vehicle:
- pile driver (from the image of a hammer)
- Synonym: مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِز (mākina(t) daqq ar-rakāʔiz)
- battering ram
- pile driver (from the image of a hammer)
- (Egypt) trail, path, groove, track
- 2017 May 12, محمد حيزة, “بالصور.. مصيف جمصة يستعد لاستقبال المصطافين (with pics, that with an excavator)”, in Yawm 7[2]:
- عمل مدقات لذوى الاحتياجات الخاصة
- Road work for those with particular needs
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مِدَقّ midaqq |
الْمِدَقّ al-midaqq |
مِدَقّ midaqq |
| nominative | مِدَقٌّ midaqqun |
الْمِدَقُّ al-midaqqu |
مِدَقُّ midaqqu |
| accusative | مِدَقًّا midaqqan |
الْمِدَقَّ al-midaqqa |
مِدَقَّ midaqqa |
| genitive | مِدَقٍّ midaqqin |
الْمِدَقِّ al-midaqqi |
مِدَقِّ midaqqi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مِدَقَّيْن midaqqayn |
الْمِدَقَّيْن al-midaqqayn |
مِدَقَّيْ midaqqay |
| nominative | مِدَقَّانِ midaqqāni |
الْمِدَقَّانِ al-midaqqāni |
مِدَقَّا midaqqā |
| accusative | مِدَقَّيْنِ midaqqayni |
الْمِدَقَّيْنِ al-midaqqayni |
مِدَقَّيْ midaqqay |
| genitive | مِدَقَّيْنِ midaqqayni |
الْمِدَقَّيْنِ al-midaqqayni |
مِدَقَّيْ midaqqay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَداقّ; مِدَقَّات madāqq; midaqqāt |
الْمَداقّ; الْمِدَقَّات al-madāqq; al-midaqqāt |
مَداقّ; مِدَقَّات madāqq; midaqqāt |
| nominative | مَداقُّ; مِدَقَّاتٌ madāqqu; midaqqātun |
الْمَداقُّ; الْمِدَقَّاتُ al-madāqqu; al-midaqqātu |
مَداقُّ; مِدَقَّاتُ madāqqu; midaqqātu |
| accusative | مَداقَّ; مِدَقَّاتٍ madāqqa; midaqqātin |
الْمَداقَّ; الْمِدَقَّاتِ al-madāqqa; al-midaqqāti |
مَداقَّ; مِدَقَّاتِ madāqqa; midaqqāti |
| genitive | مَداقَّ; مِدَقَّاتٍ madāqqa; midaqqātin |
الْمَداقِّ; الْمِدَقَّاتِ al-madāqqi; al-midaqqāti |
مَداقِّ; مِدَقَّاتِ madāqqi; midaqqāti |
Further reading
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مدق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 451b
- Landberg, Carlo, editor (1920), Glossaire daṯînois[4] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 819
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “مدق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 897a–b.
- Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153b
- Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)[5], Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, , →ISBN, page 173