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دَقّ
to knock (on a door) /ˈdaq.qa/
verbB1#2785 most common
Also: to pound, crush, or hammer, to strike or beat (of a heart, clock, or drum), to ring (a bell)
Example sentences
دَقَّ الوَلَدُ البابَ.
The boy knocked on the door.
هَل دَقَقْتَ الجَرَسَ؟
Did you ring the bell?
دَقَّتِ السّاعةُ الثّانِيةَ عَشْرةَ لَيْلًا.
The clock struck twelve at midnight.
دَقَّتِ الجَدَّةُ الفُلْفُلَ فِي الهاوُنِ قَبْلَ إِضافَتِهِ إِلَى الطَّعامِ.
Grandmother pounded the pepper in the mortar before adding it to the food.
أَخَذَ قَلْبُهُ يَدُقُّ بِعُنْفٍ عِنْدَما سَمِعَ الخَبَرَ المُفاجِئَ.
His heart began to pound violently when he heard the sudden news.
لَمْ يَكَدْ يَدُقُّ الجَرَسَ حَتَّى انْفَتَحَ البابُ عَلَى مِصْراعَيْهِ وَخَرَجَتْ نَحْوَهُ مُسْرِعَةً.
He had barely rung the bell when the door flew wide open and she rushed out toward him.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَدُقّ | دَقَقْتُ | سَأَدُقّ |
| 2sg | تَدُقّ | دَقَقْتَ | سَتَدُقّ |
| 3sg | يَدُقّ | دَقَّ | سَيَدُقّ |
| 1pl | نَدُقّ | دَقَقْنَا | سَنَدُقّ |
| 2pl | تَدُقّون | دَقَقْتُمْ | سَتَدُقّون |
| 3pl | يَدُقّون | دَقُّوا | سَيَدُقّون |
Word family
دَقيق (daqiq)flour; also precise, exact
دِقّة (diqqa)precision, accuracy
مِدَقّة (midaqqa)pestle, mallet
تَدْقيق (tadqiq)auditing, close verification
مُدَقِّق (mudaqqiq)auditor, examiner
Etymology
Daqqa comes from the Semitic root d-q-q, a geminate (doubled) root built around the idea of repeated striking or crushing. The same root gives Arabic daqiq, meaning both flour and precise, since grain becomes flour by being pounded fine. Related forms in other Semitic languages carry a similar sense of thinness or fineness produced by pounding.
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