شدياق

Arabic

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἀρχιδιάκονος (arkhidiákonos), ἀρχιδιάκων (arkhidiákōn, “archdeacon”), or a more corrupt colloquial form, compare شُرْطَة (šurṭa) for χ (kh) → ش (š).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃid.jaːq/

Noun

شِدْيَاق • (šidyāq) m (plural شَدَايِقَة (šadāyiqa))

(Christianity) subdeacon

Declension

Declension of noun شِدْيَاق (šidyāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِدْيَاق šidyāq	الشِّدْيَاق aš-šidyāq	شِدْيَاق šidyāq
Nominative	شِدْيَاقٌ šidyāqun	الشِّدْيَاقُ aš-šidyāqu	شِدْيَاقُ šidyāqu
Accusative	شِدْيَاقًا šidyāqan	الشِّدْيَاقَ aš-šidyāqa	شِدْيَاقَ šidyāqa
Genitive	شِدْيَاقٍ šidyāqin	الشِّدْيَاقِ aš-šidyāqi	شِدْيَاقِ šidyāqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِدْيَاقَيْن šidyāqayn	الشِّدْيَاقَيْن aš-šidyāqayn	شِدْيَاقَيْ šidyāqay
Nominative	شِدْيَاقَانِ šidyāqāni	الشِّدْيَاقَانِ aš-šidyāqāni	شِدْيَاقَا šidyāqā
Accusative	شِدْيَاقَيْنِ šidyāqayni	الشِّدْيَاقَيْنِ aš-šidyāqayni	شِدْيَاقَيْ šidyāqay
Genitive	شِدْيَاقَيْنِ šidyāqayni	الشِّدْيَاقَيْنِ aš-šidyāqayni	شِدْيَاقَيْ šidyāqay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَدَايِقَة šadāyiqa	الشَّدَايِقَة aš-šadāyiqa	شَدَايِقَة šadāyiqat
Nominative	شَدَايِقَةٌ šadāyiqatun	الشَّدَايِقَةُ aš-šadāyiqatu	شَدَايِقَةُ šadāyiqatu
Accusative	شَدَايِقَةً šadāyiqatan	الشَّدَايِقَةَ aš-šadāyiqata	شَدَايِقَةَ šadāyiqata
Genitive	شَدَايِقَةٍ šadāyiqatin	الشَّدَايِقَةِ aš-šadāyiqati	شَدَايِقَةِ šadāyiqati

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “شدياق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN