ضيعة

See also: صيغة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ge'ez ፂዖት (ṣ́iʿot, low grounds, pasture).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˁaj.ʕa/

Noun

ضَيْعَة (ḍayʿa) f (plural ضِيَاع (ḍiyāʿ) or ضِيَع (ḍiyaʿ) or ضَيْعَات (ḍayʿāt))

  1. pasture, meadowland, grazing ground
  2. estate, property, domain
  3. village, hamlet

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), ضيعة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 34
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 59
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