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
Declension of noun دَكَّة (dakka); دِكَّة (dikka)
| 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
- → English: dikka
- → Serbo-Croatian: dìkka
Noun
دِكَّة • (dikka) f (plural دِكَك (dikak))
- Alternative form of تِكَّة (tikka, “waistband”)
Declension
Declension of noun دِكَّة (dikka)
| 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 (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 (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 (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 718b–719a
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “دكة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 400