دردق

دردق

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic דַּרְדַּק‎ / ܕܪܕܩܐ‎ (dardaqā, “small; young”, adjective), originally דַּקְדַּק‎ / ܕܿܩܕܩܐ‎ (daqdaqā), from the root cognate to Arabic د ق ق‎ (d-q-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar.daq/

Noun

دَرْدَق • (dardaq) m (collective, singulative دَرْدَقَة‎ f (dardaqa), plural دَرَادِق‎ (darādiq)) (obsolete, poetic)

1. offspring, children (of man or camel)
   • a. 846, Ibn al-ʾAʿrābī, unnamed title‎:

     ‏أَعْدَدْت للجارِ وللرَّفِيقِ، – والضَّيْفِ والصاحِبِ والصَّدِيقِ
     ولِلْعِيالِ الدَّرْدقِ اللُّصُوقِ – حَمْراء مِنْ نَسْلِ أَبي مَرْزُوقِ
     تَمْسَحُ خَدَّ الحالِبِ الرَّفِيقِ، – بِلَبنِ المَسِّ قَلِيلِ الرِّيقِ
     كأن صوت شخبها الفـتـيق – فحيح ضبٍ حربٍ حـنـيق
     في جحرٍ ضاق أشد الضيق‎

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Declension of noun دَرْدَق (dardaq)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْدَق dardaq	الدَّرْدَق‎ ad-dardaq	دَرْدَق dardaq
Nominative	دَرْدَقٌ dardaqun	الدَّرْدَقُ‎ ad-dardaqu	دَرْدَقُ dardaqu
Accusative	دَرْدَقًا‎ dardaqan	الدَّرْدَقَ‎ ad-dardaqa	دَرْدَقَ dardaqa
Genitive	دَرْدَقٍ dardaqin	الدَّرْدَقِ‎ ad-dardaqi	دَرْدَقِ dardaqi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْدَقَة‎ dardaqa	الدَّرْدَقَة‎ ad-dardaqa	دَرْدَقَة‎ dardaqat
Nominative	دَرْدَقَةٌ‎ dardaqatun	الدَّرْدَقَةُ‎ ad-dardaqatu	دَرْدَقَةُ‎ dardaqatu
Accusative	دَرْدَقَةً‎ dardaqatan	الدَّرْدَقَةَ‎ ad-dardaqata	دَرْدَقَةَ‎ dardaqata
Genitive	دَرْدَقَةٍ‎ dardaqatin	الدَّرْدَقَةِ‎ ad-dardaqati	دَرْدَقَةِ‎ dardaqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْدَقَتَيْن‎ dardaqatayn	الدَّرْدَقَتَيْن‎ ad-dardaqatayn	دَرْدَقَتَيْ‎ dardaqatay
Nominative	دَرْدَقَتَانِ‎ dardaqatāni	الدَّرْدَقَتَانِ‎ ad-dardaqatāni	دَرْدَقَتَا‎ dardaqatā
Accusative	دَرْدَقَتَيْنِ‎ dardaqatayni	الدَّرْدَقَتَيْنِ‎ ad-dardaqatayni	دَرْدَقَتَيْ‎ dardaqatay
Genitive	دَرْدَقَتَيْنِ‎ dardaqatayni	الدَّرْدَقَتَيْنِ‎ ad-dardaqatayni	دَرْدَقَتَيْ‎ dardaqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْدَقَات‎ dardaqāt	الدَّرْدَقَات‎ ad-dardaqāt	دَرْدَقَات‎ dardaqāt
Nominative	دَرْدَقَاتٌ‎ dardaqātun	الدَّرْدَقَاتُ‎ ad-dardaqātu	دَرْدَقَاتُ‎ dardaqātu
Accusative	دَرْدَقَاتٍ‎ dardaqātin	الدَّرْدَقَاتِ‎ ad-dardaqāti	دَرْدَقَاتِ‎ dardaqāti
Genitive	دَرْدَقَاتٍ‎ dardaqātin	الدَّرْدَقَاتِ‎ ad-dardaqāti	دَرْدَقَاتِ‎ dardaqāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَادِق‎ darādiq	الدَّرَادِق‎ ad-darādiq	دَرَادِق‎ darādiq
Nominative	دَرَادِقُ‎ darādiqu	الدَّرَادِقُ‎ ad-darādiqu	دَرَادِقُ‎ darādiqu
Accusative	دَرَادِقَ‎ darādiqa	الدَّرَادِقَ‎ ad-darādiqa	دَرَادِقَ‎ darādiqa
Genitive	دَرَادِقَ‎ darādiqa	الدَّرَادِقِ‎ ad-darādiqi	دَرَادِقِ‎ darādiqi

References

• “drdq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 111
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “دردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 22a
• Müller, David Heinrich (1887), “Arabisch-aramäische Glossen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎ (in German), volume 1, page 24
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik‎ (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 185

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Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

Compare Modern Standard Arabic دَحْرَجَ‎ (daḥraja). Also in Hijazi Arabic, specifically the Medina dialect, in the same form as in Sudanese Arabic in reference to rolling eyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dardaɡ/

Verb

دردق (dardag) (form Iq)

1. (transitive) to trundle, to roll
   • 2018, reema_albodiry, ديسباسيتو‎, fan fiction, الجزء 07:

     ‏هنا قلبي اتدردق دردقت تحت رجولي..وبلعته ريقي وخشمي جفه‎

     Here my heart rolled over, I rolled under my man: I gulped my spittle and my mouth dried it.

Derived terms

• اتدردق‎ (itdardag, “(intransitive) to roll”)