سكرجة

Arabic

FWOTD – 19 November 2019

Alternative forms

أُسْكُرُّجَة (ʔuskurruja)

Etymology

From Middle Persian corresponding to Classical Persian (sukarrača). (sokarraja), see Persian (sokure).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /su.kur.ra.d͡ʒa/, /su.kur.ru.d͡ʒa/, /suk.ru.d͡ʒa/

Noun

سُكْرُجَة or سُكُرُّجَة or سُكُرَّجَة • (sukruja or sukurruja or sukurraja) f (plural سَكَارِيج (sakārīj)) (archaic)

a kind of small bowl-shaped plate for side dishes, like for sauces for meat, as well as chemistry applications
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 70:14:
  مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكُرُّجَةٍ قَطُّ، وَلَا خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ، وَلَا أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ
  mā ʕalimtu n-nabiyya ʔakala ʕalā sukurrujatin qaṭṭu, wa-lā ḵubiza la-hū muraqqaqun qaṭṭu, wa-lā ʔakala ʕalā ḵiwānin
  He never ate from a side-dish plate, never had crumbled bread, and never ate on the table.
- a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, آثار البلاد وأخبار العباد [ʾāṯār al-bilād wa-ʾaḵbār al-ʿibād]‎^[1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1848, page 249 line 9:
a weight measure used as well in cookery as in pharmacy of a bowl containing 125 grams
- a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 70), Leiden: Brill, published 2007, →ISBN, page 135 Nr. 288:
  دهن الحسك
  حسك مرضوض عشرة دراهم زنجبيل أربعة دراهم دهن حل أسكرجة ماء عذب خمس عشرة أسكرجة
  Caltrop oil
  Crushed caltrop ten dirham; ginger four dirham; sesame oil one cupful; fresh water fiteen cupfuls.
cutting-disk of a threshing-sledge – Schneidscheibe des Dreschschlittens
socket of a door hinge – Angelpfanne einer Tür
- 1890, Muḥammad Bey ʕuṯmān Galāl, edited by Friedrich Kern, النساء العالمات [The Learned Ladies], Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, published 1898, page 112:
  طيب، وقصيد الشيخ مليجي وإبرهيم،
  وخطبة الشيخ سكرجة والشيخ كليم،
  ليه ما طبعتوهم، ولا أخذوا فلوس،
  في أجرة الشمعة، وتصليح الفَنوس؟
  Well, and the qasida of Sheykh Malīgī and ʔIbrahīm,
  and the speech of Sheykh Hinge-Socket and the speech of Sheykh Carpet,
  why have you not printed them, and they received naught to redeem
  dedicated brooding by the candle, screwing the lamplet?

Declension

Declension of noun سُكْرُجَة (sukruja)‎; سُكُرُّجَة (sukurruja)‎; سُكُرَّجَة (sukurraja)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُكْرُجَة‎; سُكُرُّجَة‎; سُكُرَّجَة sukruja‎; sukurruja‎; sukurraja	السُّكْرُجَة‎; السُّكُرُّجَة‎; السُّكُرَّجَة as-sukruja‎; as-sukurruja‎; as-sukurraja	سُكْرُجَة‎; سُكُرُّجَة‎; سُكُرَّجَة sukrujat‎; sukurrujat‎; sukurrajat
Nominative	سُكْرُجَةٌ‎; سُكُرُّجَةٌ‎; سُكُرَّجَةٌ sukrujatun‎; sukurrujatun‎; sukurrajatun	السُّكْرُجَةُ‎; السُّكُرُّجَةُ‎; السُّكُرَّجَةُ as-sukrujatu‎; as-sukurrujatu‎; as-sukurrajatu	سُكْرُجَةُ‎; سُكُرُّجَةُ‎; سُكُرَّجَةُ sukrujatu‎; sukurrujatu‎; sukurrajatu
Accusative	سُكْرُجَةً‎; سُكُرُّجَةً‎; سُكُرَّجَةً sukrujatan‎; sukurrujatan‎; sukurrajatan	السُّكْرُجَةَ‎; السُّكُرُّجَةَ‎; السُّكُرَّجَةَ as-sukrujata‎; as-sukurrujata‎; as-sukurrajata	سُكْرُجَةَ‎; سُكُرُّجَةَ‎; سُكُرَّجَةَ sukrujata‎; sukurrujata‎; sukurrajata
Genitive	سُكْرُجَةٍ‎; سُكُرُّجَةٍ‎; سُكُرَّجَةٍ sukrujatin‎; sukurrujatin‎; sukurrajatin	السُّكْرُجَةِ‎; السُّكُرُّجَةِ‎; السُّكُرَّجَةِ as-sukrujati‎; as-sukurrujati‎; as-sukurrajati	سُكْرُجَةِ‎; سُكُرُّجَةِ‎; سُكُرَّجَةِ sukrujati‎; sukurrujati‎; sukurrajati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُكْرُجَتَيْن‎; سُكُرُّجَتَيْن‎; سُكُرَّجَتَيْن sukrujatayn‎; sukurrujatayn‎; sukurrajatayn	السُّكْرُجَتَيْن‎; السُّكُرُّجَتَيْن‎; السُّكُرَّجَتَيْن as-sukrujatayn‎; as-sukurrujatayn‎; as-sukurrajatayn	سُكْرُجَتَيْ‎; سُكُرُّجَتَيْ‎; سُكُرَّجَتَيْ sukrujatay‎; sukurrujatay‎; sukurrajatay
Nominative	سُكْرُجَتَانِ‎; سُكُرُّجَتَانِ‎; سُكُرَّجَتَانِ sukrujatāni‎; sukurrujatāni‎; sukurrajatāni	السُّكْرُجَتَانِ‎; السُّكُرُّجَتَانِ‎; السُّكُرَّجَتَانِ as-sukrujatāni‎; as-sukurrujatāni‎; as-sukurrajatāni	سُكْرُجَتَا‎; سُكُرُّجَتَا‎; سُكُرَّجَتَا sukrujatā‎; sukurrujatā‎; sukurrajatā
Accusative	سُكْرُجَتَيْنِ‎; سُكُرُّجَتَيْنِ‎; سُكُرَّجَتَيْنِ sukrujatayni‎; sukurrujatayni‎; sukurrajatayni	السُّكْرُجَتَيْنِ‎; السُّكُرُّجَتَيْنِ‎; السُّكُرَّجَتَيْنِ as-sukrujatayni‎; as-sukurrujatayni‎; as-sukurrajatayni	سُكْرُجَتَيْ‎; سُكُرُّجَتَيْ‎; سُكُرَّجَتَيْ sukrujatay‎; sukurrujatay‎; sukurrajatay
Genitive	سُكْرُجَتَيْنِ‎; سُكُرُّجَتَيْنِ‎; سُكُرَّجَتَيْنِ sukrujatayni‎; sukurrujatayni‎; sukurrajatayni	السُّكْرُجَتَيْنِ‎; السُّكُرُّجَتَيْنِ‎; السُّكُرَّجَتَيْنِ as-sukrujatayni‎; as-sukurrujatayni‎; as-sukurrajatayni	سُكْرُجَتَيْ‎; سُكُرُّجَتَيْ‎; سُكُرَّجَتَيْ sukrujatay‎; sukurrujatay‎; sukurrajatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَكَارِيج sakārīj	السَّكَارِيج as-sakārīj	سَكَارِيج sakārīj
Nominative	سَكَارِيجُ sakārīju	السَّكَارِيجُ as-sakārīju	سَكَارِيجُ sakārīju
Accusative	سَكَارِيجَ sakārīja	السَّكَارِيجَ as-sakārīja	سَكَارِيجَ sakārīja
Genitive	سَكَارِيجَ sakārīja	السَّكَارِيجِ as-sakārīji	سَكَارِيجِ sakārīji

Descendants

→ Sicilian: scurruggia

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سكرجة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 668b
Freytag, Georg (1830) “سكرجة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 334a
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “سكرجة”, 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^[4] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1114a
Lane, Edward William (1863) “سكرجة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1392a
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سكرجة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 581b