daqs

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Maltese

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Root
d-q-s
1 term

Etymology

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Aquilina identifies it with Bedouin Tunisian Arabic تقز (tagz, similar in age, height, weight, etc.). Though this seems likely, it does not solve the question of eventual origin. Perhaps from underlying ta’ qies (literally of measure), from Arabic قَيْس (qays). The Tunisian -z must then be due to assimilation.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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daqs

  1. as much as; to the degree of

Inflection

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Inflected forms of daqs
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person daqsi daqsna
2nd person daqsek daqskom
3rd person daqsu daqsha daqshom

Derived terms

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Noun

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daqs m (plural daqsijiet)

  1. size, amount

Derived terms

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