صقاع

Arabic

Root
ص ق ع (ṣ q ʕ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤi.qaːʕ/

Noun

صِقَاع • (ṣiqāʕ) m (plural صُقُع (ṣuquʕ) or أَصْقِعَة (ʔaṣqiʕa))

1. a rag bound under or before the mouth to protect the beneath from stains (e.g. to protect a woman’s muffler from the oil in her hair)
   • c. 1110, Al-Ḥarīriyy ed. Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, “المقامة الصورية”, in Les séances de Hariri, volume 1, Paris, published 1822, page 330:

     وَقَد بَذَلَ لَهَا مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ شَلَّاقًا وَعُكّازًا. وَصِقَاعًا وَكُرَّازًا. فَأَنْكَحُوهُ إِنْكَاحَ مِثْلِهِ

     wa-qad baḏala la-hā mina ṣ-ṣadāqi šallāqan wa-ʕukkāzan. wa-ṣiqāʕan wa-kurrāzan. fa-ʔankaḥū-hu ʔinkāḥa miṯli-hī

     And he offered for her of dowry a beggar’s knapsack and mendicant’s staff, and a mouth-rag and a drinking-jar. And they gave him off to marriage in such a fashion.

Declension

Declension of noun صِقَاع (ṣiqāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِقَاع ṣiqāʕ	الصِّقَاع aṣ-ṣiqāʕ	صِقَاع ṣiqāʕ
Nominative	صِقَاعٌ ṣiqāʕun	الصِّقَاعُ aṣ-ṣiqāʕu	صِقَاعُ ṣiqāʕu
Accusative	صِقَاعًا ṣiqāʕan	الصِّقَاعَ aṣ-ṣiqāʕa	صِقَاعَ ṣiqāʕa
Genitive	صِقَاعٍ ṣiqāʕin	الصِّقَاعِ aṣ-ṣiqāʕi	صِقَاعِ ṣiqāʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِقَاعَيْن ṣiqāʕayn	الصِّقَاعَيْن aṣ-ṣiqāʕayn	صِقَاعَيْ ṣiqāʕay
Nominative	صِقَاعَانِ ṣiqāʕāni	الصِّقَاعَانِ aṣ-ṣiqāʕāni	صِقَاعَا ṣiqāʕā
Accusative	صِقَاعَيْنِ ṣiqāʕayni	الصِّقَاعَيْنِ aṣ-ṣiqāʕayni	صِقَاعَيْ ṣiqāʕay
Genitive	صِقَاعَيْنِ ṣiqāʕayni	الصِّقَاعَيْنِ aṣ-ṣiqāʕayni	صِقَاعَيْ ṣiqāʕay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صُقُع‎; أَصْقِعَة ṣuquʕ‎; ʔaṣqiʕa	الصُّقُع‎; الْأَصْقِعَة aṣ-ṣuquʕ‎; al-ʔaṣqiʕa	صُقُع‎; أَصْقِعَة ṣuquʕ‎; ʔaṣqiʕat
Nominative	صُقُعٌ‎; أَصْقِعَةٌ ṣuquʕun‎; ʔaṣqiʕatun	الصُّقُعُ‎; الْأَصْقِعَةُ aṣ-ṣuquʕu‎; al-ʔaṣqiʕatu	صُقُعُ‎; أَصْقِعَةُ ṣuquʕu‎; ʔaṣqiʕatu
Accusative	صُقُعًا‎; أَصْقِعَةً ṣuquʕan‎; ʔaṣqiʕatan	الصُّقُعَ‎; الْأَصْقِعَةَ aṣ-ṣuquʕa‎; al-ʔaṣqiʕata	صُقُعَ‎; أَصْقِعَةَ ṣuquʕa‎; ʔaṣqiʕata
Genitive	صُقُعٍ‎; أَصْقِعَةٍ ṣuquʕin‎; ʔaṣqiʕatin	الصُّقُعِ‎; الْأَصْقِعَةِ aṣ-ṣuquʕi‎; al-ʔaṣqiʕati	صُقُعِ‎; أَصْقِعَةِ ṣuquʕi‎; ʔaṣqiʕati

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “صقاع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 508
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صقاع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1707