dhiig

Somali

Other scripts

Latin		dhiig
Arabic		ڎيگ

Etymology

From Proto-East Cushitic *ɗiig+ (Bender, 2020). Cognate with Oromo dhiiga, Jiiddu dhig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖiːɡ/, []

Noun

dhiig m (article -ki)

1. blood
2. the menses
3. (by extension) menstruation

Verb

dhiig

1. to bleed

References

• Larajasse, Évangéliste de (1897) “‘dig”, in Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary‎^[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 35
• Abdirahman Abdillahi Farah "Barwaago" (1995) “dhiig”, in A Modern Somali-English Dictionary, Ottawa: Ottawa Catholic School Board, →ISBN, page 135
• Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “dhiig”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎^[2], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 236