مدق

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مِدَقّة (midaqqa)

Etymology

Root
د ق ق (d-q-q)

Tool noun from دَقَّ (daqqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.daqq/

Noun

مِدَقّ • (midaqq) m (plural مَداقّ (madāqq) or مِدَقَّات (midaqqāt))

1. an implement to pound or beat things with it or upon it
   1. beetle, batlet

      Synonyms: وَبِيل (wabīl), مِيجَم (mījam), مِكْبَس (mikbas), بَيْزَر (bayzar), بَيْذَر (bayḏar), بَيْزَارَة (bayzāra), كُذِين (kuḏīn), مِكْمَدَة (mikmada)

   2. pestle

      Synonyms: يَد (yad), دَسْتَج (dastaj)

      1. (botany) the pistil or gynoecium of a flower

         Synonyms: مَتَاع (matāʕ), وَزِيم (wazīm)

   3. (Yemen, Najrān) larger mortar, an ancient spot in mountainous terrain for crushing
      • 2019 November 29, مشعل بن عبد الله, “مَدَقّات الجدود تحاصر الأخدود!! (with motion pictures)”, in Rattibha‎^[1]:

      Synonyms: مِهْرَاس (mihrās), جُرْن (jurn), هَاوُن (hāwun)

   4. clapper, clanger, tongue of a bell or a bell itself

      Synonym: نَاقُوس (nāqūs)

   5. hammer or hew (especially one considered to crush stone)

      Synonyms: مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa), شَاكُوش (šākūš), مِلْطَس (milṭas)

2. various a kind of construction and military vehicle:
   1. pile driver (from the image of a hammer)

      Synonym: مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِز (mākina(t) daqq ar-rakāʔiz)

   2. battering ram
3. (Egypt) trail, path, groove, track
   • 2017 May 12, محمد حيزة, “بالصور.. مصيف جمصة يستعد لاستقبال المصطافين (with pics, that with an excavator)”, in Yawm 7‎^[2]:

     عمل مدقات لذوى الاحتياجات الخاصة

     Road work for those with particular needs

Declension

Declension of noun مِدَقّ (midaqq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدَقّ midaqq	الْمِدَقّ al-midaqq	مِدَقّ midaqq
Nominative	مِدَقٌّ midaqqun	الْمِدَقُّ al-midaqqu	مِدَقُّ midaqqu
Accusative	مِدَقًّا midaqqan	الْمِدَقَّ al-midaqqa	مِدَقَّ midaqqa
Genitive	مِدَقٍّ midaqqin	الْمِدَقِّ al-midaqqi	مِدَقِّ midaqqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِدَقَّيْن midaqqayn	الْمِدَقَّيْن al-midaqqayn	مِدَقَّيْ midaqqay
Nominative	مِدَقَّانِ midaqqāni	الْمِدَقَّانِ al-midaqqāni	مِدَقَّا midaqqā
Accusative	مِدَقَّيْنِ midaqqayni	الْمِدَقَّيْنِ al-midaqqayni	مِدَقَّيْ midaqqay
Genitive	مِدَقَّيْنِ midaqqayni	الْمِدَقَّيْنِ al-midaqqayni	مِدَقَّيْ midaqqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَداقّ‎; مِدَقَّات madāqq‎; midaqqāt	الْمَداقّ‎; الْمِدَقَّات al-madāqq‎; al-midaqqāt	مَداقّ‎; مِدَقَّات madāqq‎; midaqqāt
Nominative	مَداقُّ‎; مِدَقَّاتٌ madāqqu‎; midaqqātun	الْمَداقُّ‎; الْمِدَقَّاتُ al-madāqqu‎; al-midaqqātu	مَداقُّ‎; مِدَقَّاتُ madāqqu‎; midaqqātu
Accusative	مَداقَّ‎; مِدَقَّاتٍ madāqqa‎; midaqqātin	الْمَداقَّ‎; الْمِدَقَّاتِ al-madāqqa‎; al-midaqqāti	مَداقَّ‎; مِدَقَّاتِ madāqqa‎; midaqqāti
Genitive	مَداقَّ‎; مِدَقَّاتٍ madāqqa‎; midaqqātin	الْمَداقِّ‎; الْمِدَقَّاتِ al-madāqqi‎; al-midaqqāti	مَداقِّ‎; مِدَقَّاتِ madāqqi‎; midaqqāti

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مدق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 451b
• Landberg, Carlo, editor (1920), Glossaire daṯînois‎^[4] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 819
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مدق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 897a–b
• Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 153b
• Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)‎^[6], Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →ISBN, page 173