دعسوقة

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Arabic

دُعْسُوقَة
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian کفشدوزک (kafšduzak, ladybug, literally little shoemaker or cobbler), from the likening of its spots with the sewing on of patches.

Pronunciation

Noun

دُعْسُوقَة (duʕsūqaf (plural دَعَاسِيق (daʕāsīq) or دُعْسُوقَات (duʕsūqāt))

  1. ladybug (Coccinella)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “دعسوقة”, 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 33
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “دعسوقة”, 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 701

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic دُعْسُوقَة (duʕsūqa), from Persian کفشدوزک (kafšduzak, ladybug, literally little shoemaker or cobbler).

Pronunciation

Noun

دعسوقة (daʕsūgaf (plural دَعاسيق (daʕāsīg) or دَعْسُوقَات (daʕsūgāt))

  1. ladybug (Coccinella)