دعسوقة

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Arabic

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دُعْسُوقَة
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. ladybug (Coccinella)

Declension

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “دعسوقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (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[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 701

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daʕ.suː.ɡa/, [daʕ.suː.qa]

Noun

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

  1. ladybug (Coccinella)