dhiig

Somali

Other scripts
Latin dhiig
Arabic ڎيگ

Etymology

From Proto-East Cushitic *ɗiig+ (Bender, 2020). Cognate with Oromo dhiiga, Jiiddu dhig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɖiːɡ/
  • Hyphenation: dhiig

Noun

dhiig m (article -ki)

  1. blood
  2. the menses
  3. (by extension) menstruation

Verb

dhiig

  1. to bleed

References

  • Larajasse, Évangéliste de (1897) “‘dig”, in Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary‎[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 35
  • Abdirahman Abdillahi Farah "Barwaago" (1995) “dhiig”, in A Modern Somali-English Dictionary, Ottawa: Ottawa Catholic School Board, →ISBN, page 135
  • Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “dhiig”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎[2], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 236
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