دخس

Arabic

دُخَس

Etymology

From the root ذ خ س‎ (ḏ-ḵ-s), denoting "to be fleshy", "to be fat or chubby", "to have blubber", "to be full or thick", likely a term originally applied for various marine mammals; considered cognate with Hebrew תַּחַשׁ‎ (táḥash, “marine mammal, sea cow; source of the covering of the tabernacle”), a biblical term of much debate, often cited with this Arabic term for explanation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /du.xas/

Noun

دُخَس • (duḵas) m

dolphin
whale; dugong

Declension

Declension of noun دُخَس (duḵas)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُخَس duḵas	الدُّخَس‎ ad-duḵas	دُخَس duḵas
Nominative	دُخَسٌ duḵasun	الدُّخَسُ‎ ad-duḵasu	دُخَسُ duḵasu
Accusative	دُخَسًا‎ duḵasan	الدُّخَسَ‎ ad-duḵasa	دُخَسَ duḵasa
Genitive	دُخَسٍ duḵasin	الدُّخَسِ‎ ad-duḵasi	دُخَسِ duḵasi

Synonyms

دُلْفِين‎ (dulfīn)
دَرْفِيل‎ (darfīl)

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “دخس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 425
Wehr, Hans (1979), “دخس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 315

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.