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Arabic
Etymology
From دَقِيق ( daqīq , “ small ” ) , from the root د ق ق ( d-q-q ) . Cognate with Mehri دقيقت and Hebrew דקה .
Pronunciation
Noun
دَقِيقَة • (daqīqa ) f (plural دَقَائِق ( daqāʔiq ) )
minute ( unit of time )
أُعْطِنِي دَقِيقَةً وَاحِدَةً فَقَط لِأَنْهِي هَذَا الْعَمَل. ʔuʕṭinī daqīqatan wāḥidatan faqaṭ liʔanhī haḏā l-ʕamal. Give me just one minute to finish this task.
عَدَد السَّاعَات فِي يَوْم وَاحِد هُوَ 24 سَاعَة، وَكُل سَاعَة تَحْتُوي عَلَى 60 دَقِيقَة. ʕadad as-sāʕāt fī yawm wāḥid huwa 24 sāʕa, wakul sāʕa(t) taḥtūy ʕalā 60 daqīqa. The number of hours in one day is 24 hours, and each hour contains 60 minutes.
كَانَت هَذِهِ لَحْظَةً دَقِيقَةً فِي حَيَاتِي التِي لَا يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَنْسَاهَا. kānat haḏihi laḥẓatan daqīqatan fī ḥayātī t-tī lā yumkinunī ʔan ʔansāhā. This was a momentous minute in my life that I can't forget.
a. 905 , Al-Yaʿqūbiyy, edited by Abd al-Amīr Muhannā, Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī , 1st edition, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: شركة الأعلمي للمطبوعات , published 2010 , pages 180–181 :إِنَّ مَسِيرَ الشَّمْسِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ يَكُونُ تِسْعًا وَخَمْسِينَ دَقِيقَةً ، وَمَسِيرُ أَوْجِ الْقَمَرِ سَبْعُ دَقَائِقَ ، وَمَسِيرُ رَأْسِ التِّنِّينِ، وَهُوَ الْجَوْزَهَرُ، ثَلَاثُ دَقَائِقَ ، وَمَسِيرُ زُحَلَ دَقِيقَتَانِ ، وَمَسِيرُ الْمُشْتَرِي خَمْسُ دَقَائِقَ ، وَمَسِيرُ الْمِرِّيخِ إِحْدَى وَثَلَاثُونَ دَقِيقَةً ، وَمَسِيرُ الزُّهَرَةِ دَرَجَةٌ وَسِتٌّ وَثَلَاثُونَ دَقِيقَةً ، وَمَسِيرُ عُطَارِدٍ أَرْبَعُ دَرَجٍ وَخَمْسُ دَقَائِقَ ، وَمَسِيرُ قَلْبِ الْأَسَدِ سِتُّ ثَوانٍ. ʔinna masīra š-šamsi fī kulli yawmin yakūnu tisʕan waḵamsīna daqīqatan , wamasīru ʔawji l-qamari sabʕu daqāʔiqa , wamasīru raʔsi t-tinnīni, wahuwa l-jawzaharu, ṯalāṯu daqāʔiqa , wamasīru zuḥala daqīqatāni , wamasīru l-muštarī ḵamsu daqāʔiqa , wamasīru l-mirrīḵi ʔiḥdā waṯalāṯūna daqīqatan , wamasīru z-zuharati darajatun wasittun waṯalāṯūna daqīqatan , wamasīru ʕuṭāridin ʔarbaʕu darajin waḵamsu daqāʔiqa , wamasīru qalbi l-ʔasadi sittu ṯawānin. (please add an English translation of this quotation)
a. 1932 , Ahmad Shawqi, المَشرِقانِ عَلَيكَ يَنتَحِبانِ :دَقَّاتُ قَلْبِ ٱلْمَرْءِ قَائِلَةٌ لَهُ // إِنَّ الْحَيَاةَ دَقَائِقٌ وَثَوَانِي daqqātu qalbi l-marʔi qāʔilatun lahu // ʔinna l-ḥayāta daqāʔiqun waṯawānī (please add an English translation of this quotation)
particle
nicety
intricacy
detail , particular
Declension
Declension of noun دَقِيقَة (daqīqa )
Descendants
Gulf Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic دَقِيقَة ( daqīqa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
دقيقة • (digīga ) f (dual دقيقتين ( digīgtēn ) , plural دِقايِق ( digāyig ) )
minute
( by extension ) a short time
عطني دقيقة وأكون معاك ― ʿaṭni digīga wa-kūn maʿāk ― Give me a minute and I'll be with you
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
دقيقة • (dəqiqa ) f
feminine singular of دَقِيق
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic دَقِيقَة ( daqīqa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
دقيقة • (dagīga ) f (dual دقيقتين ( dagīgatēn ) , plural دقايق ( dagāyig ) )
minute
( by extension ) a short time
See also
(units of time ) وحدات الوقت ( wiḥdāt al-wagt ) ; سنة ( sana , “ year ” ) , شهر ( šahar , “ month ” ) , أسبوع ( ʔusbūʕ , “ week ” ) , يوم ( yōm , “ day ” ) , ساعة ( sāʕa , “ hour ” ) , دقيقة ( dagīga , “ minute ” ) , ثانية ( ṯānya , “ second ” ) , لحظة ( laḥẓa , “ moment ” )
Adjective
دقيقة • (dagīga )
feminine singular of دقيق ( dagīg )
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic دَقِيقَة ( daqīqa ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
دقيقة • (dqīqa ) f (dual دقيقتين ( dqīqtayn ) , plural دقايق ( dqāyiq ) )
minute
( by extension ) a short time
Usage notes
The dual form is not commonly used.
See also
Adjective
دقيقة • (dqīqa ) f
feminine singular of دقيق ( dqīq )
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic دَقِيقَة ( daqīqa ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( Urban ) /da.ʔiː.ʔe/ ,
IPA (key ) : ( Urban ) /da.ʔiː.ʔa/ ,
IPA (key ) : ( Bedouin ) /da.ɡiː.ɡa/ ,
Noun
دقيقة • (daʔīʔa ) f (plural دقايق ( daʔāyeʔ ) )
minute
See also
(units of time ) وحدات الوقت ( waḥdāt il-waʔt ) ; سنة ( sane , “ year ” ) , شهر ( šahr , “ month ” ) , أسبوع ( ʔusbūʕ , “ week ” ) , يوم ( yōm , “ day ” ) , ساعة ( sāʕa , “ hour ” ) , دقيقة ( daʔīʔa , “ minute ” ) , ثانية ( ṯānye , “ second ” ) , لحظة ( laḥẓa , “ moment ” )