powder-like
→
little, small
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 823 | to mill, grind | — | little, small | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | دَقِيق daqīq- | |
| meaning 1 | small, slender, thin | ˀallāhu-mma γfirlī ḏanbī kulla-hu diqqa-hu wa-gilla-hu O God, forgive me all my sin, the small thereof and the great thereof. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pounded | daqqiyy-at-un a dish made of chopped vegetables |
| reference | Lane: 895-896 | |
| comment | From the verb دَقَّ daqqa 'to pound' [Lane 896]. daqīq- can be considered in the sense of pass. part. like مَدْقُوق madqūq-, and hence signifies 'flour' or 'farina' being used as a substantive. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | daḳiḳ | |
| meaning 1 | crushed, fine | ṣew daḳāḳ fine salt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | small | ʔənsəsā ʕabayt məsla daḳāḳ (Ps 103, 27) The big animals together with the small. |
| reference | LLA: 1099 | |
| comment | The meaning is rather 'very small, tiny'; also 'thin'. | |