دَقِيقَة
daʾīʾa
Noun
Meaning
minute
Usage
Standard word for 'minute,' plural دَقَايِق (Lebanese broken plural, vs. MSA دَقَائِق). Very common in time expressions: خَمِس دَقَايِق (five minutes), دَقِيقَة وَحْدَة (one minute). Also used colloquially to mean 'just a moment': دَقِيقَة! (hold on!).
Morphology
Genderfeminine
Plural (broken)دَقَايِق
Examples
أَحْمَد: خَمِس دَقَايِق كَمَان... بَدِّي نَام شْوَيّ.
Ahmed: Five more minutes... I want to sleep a little.
Root
د ق ق
