דִּקְדּוּק, דִּיקְ׳ m. (דִּקְדֵּק) 1) crushing, humiliation, suffering. — Pl. דִּקְדּוּקִים. Erub. 41ᵇ דִּקְדּוּקֵי עניות the sufferings of poverty. —2) nicety, fine point, subtility, detail, minuteness; [in later Hebr.: grammar]. Ab. ch. VI ד׳ חברים the fine points discussed among scholars. Snh. 99ᵃ חוץ מד׳ זה except this single point (in the adopted interpretation of the Law). Bekh. 30ᵇ.—Y. Ber. II, 4ᵈ אלו צריכין ד׳ (not צריך) the following pairs of words require special care in pronouncing; Deut. R. s. 2 ד׳ אותיות.—Pl. as above, constr. דִּקְדּוּקֵי, דּיקְ׳. Ḥull. 4ᵃ ד׳ מצות the details of ritual laws. Succ. 28ᵃ ד׳ תורה the subtile points in the interpretation of Biblical laws, ד׳ סופרים the special points in rabbinical enactments. Lev. R. s. 22 שני ד׳ שחיטה וכ׳ there are two defined rules concerning the cutting of animals. Y. Yoma III, 41ᵃ; Y. Sot. II, 18ᵃ כל ד׳ הפרשה all the particulars of the section; Tosef. ib. II, 1; a. fr.