daqs

Aquilina identifies it with Bedouin Tunisian Arabic تقز (tagz, “similar in age, height, weight, etc.”). Though this seems likely, it does not solve the question of eventual origin. Perhaps from underlying ta’ qies (literally “of measure”), from Arabic قَيْس (qays). The Tunisian -z must then be due to assimilation.

• IPA^(key): /daʔs/

daqs

1. as much as; to the degree of
   • 2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2^nd edition, Malta: Ede Books:

     Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
     lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
     bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
     u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

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daqs m (plural daqsijiet)

1. size, amount