دعسوقة

Arabic

دُعْسُوقَة

Alternative forms

• دُعْسُوق (duʕsūq), دُعْشُوقَة (duʕšūqa), دُعْشُوق (duʕšūq), دُعْسُوفَة (duʕsūfa), دُعْسُوف (duʕsūf), دُعْشُوفَة (duʕšūfa), دُعْشُوف (duʕšūf)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʕ.suː.qa/
  • IPA^(key): /daʕ.suː.ɡa/, [daʕ.suː.qa] (common pronunciation)

Noun

دُعْسُوقَة • (duʕsūqa) f (plural دُعْسُوقَات (duʕsūqāt))

1. ladybug (Coccinella)

Declension

Declension of noun دُعْسُوقَة (duʕsūqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعْسُوقَة duʕsūqa	الدُّعْسُوقَة ad-duʕsūqa	دُعْسُوقَة duʕsūqat
Nominative	دُعْسُوقَةٌ duʕsūqatun	الدُّعْسُوقَةُ ad-duʕsūqatu	دُعْسُوقَةُ duʕsūqatu
Accusative	دُعْسُوقَةً duʕsūqatan	الدُّعْسُوقَةَ ad-duʕsūqata	دُعْسُوقَةَ duʕsūqata
Genitive	دُعْسُوقَةٍ duʕsūqatin	الدُّعْسُوقَةِ ad-duʕsūqati	دُعْسُوقَةِ duʕsūqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعْسُوقَتَيْن duʕsūqatayn	الدُّعْسُوقَتَيْن ad-duʕsūqatayn	دُعْسُوقَتَيْ duʕsūqatay
Nominative	دُعْسُوقَتَانِ duʕsūqatāni	الدُّعْسُوقَتَانِ ad-duʕsūqatāni	دُعْسُوقَتَا duʕsūqatā
Accusative	دُعْسُوقَتَيْنِ duʕsūqatayni	الدُّعْسُوقَتَيْنِ ad-duʕsūqatayni	دُعْسُوقَتَيْ duʕsūqatay
Genitive	دُعْسُوقَتَيْنِ duʕsūqatayni	الدُّعْسُوقَتَيْنِ ad-duʕsūqatayni	دُعْسُوقَتَيْ duʕsūqatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعْسُوقَات duʕsūqāt	الدُّعْسُوقَات ad-duʕsūqāt	دُعْسُوقَات duʕsūqāt
Nominative	دُعْسُوقَاتٌ duʕsūqātun	الدُّعْسُوقَاتُ ad-duʕsūqātu	دُعْسُوقَاتُ duʕsūqātu
Accusative	دُعْسُوقَاتٍ duʕsūqātin	الدُّعْسُوقَاتِ ad-duʕsūqāti	دُعْسُوقَاتِ duʕsūqāti
Genitive	دُعْسُوقَاتٍ duʕsūqātin	الدُّعْسُوقَاتِ ad-duʕsūqāti	دُعْسُوقَاتِ duʕsūqāti

References

• 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 C^ie, page 701