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دِقَّة
precision /ˈdɪq.qa/
nounB1#2530 most common
Also: accuracy, meticulousness, fineness
Example sentences
هذه الساعة تعمل بدقة.
This watch works with precision.
يجب أن تكتب اسمك بدقة.
You must write your name accurately.
يُعرف هذا المهندس بدقته في العمل.
This engineer is known for his precision at work.
تتطلب هذه العملية الجراحية دقة متناهية.
This surgical operation requires extreme precision.
أشاد الخبراء بدقة التحليل الذي قدمه الباحث.
The experts praised the precision of the analysis the researcher presented.
رغم تعقيد البيانات، حافظ الفريق على دقة متناهية في استنتاجاته النهائية.
Despite the complexity of the data, the team maintained extreme precision in its final conclusions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دِقَّةٌ | دِقَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | دِقَّةٍ | دِقَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | دِقَّةً | دِقَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا دِقَّةُ | يا دِقَّاتُ |
Word family
دقيقprecise, fine; also means flour
دقّto pound, knock, beat
تدقيقauditing, close checking
مدققauditor, proofreader
أدقmore precise, finer (comparative)
Etymology
دِقَّة comes from the Semitic root د-ق-ق (d-q-q), which carries the sense of being fine, thin, or finely pounded. The verb دقّ originally meant to pound or crush something into small, fine pieces, and the noun دِقَّة abstracted that into fineness of detail, and by extension precision. Because Arabic descends from Proto-Semitic rather than Proto-Indo-European, it has no PIE root.
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