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Arabic Etymology From دَقِيق ( daqīq , “ small ” ) , from the root د ق ق ( d-q-q ) . Cognate with Mehri دقيقت 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 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 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 Alternative forms Etymology 1 From Arabic دَقِيقَة ( daqīqa ) .
Pronunciation Noun دقيقة • (digīga ) f dual دقيقتين ( digīgtēn ) , plural دِقايِق ( digāyig ) )
minute ( by extension ) 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 ( Kuwait ) IPA (key ) : /dəˈqiːqə/ , ( q-ʁ merger ) /dəˈʁiːʁə/ ( Kuwait ) Rhymes: -iːqə 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 ) short time 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 ) 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 ” )