דַּרְדַּק, (Parpel noun of דקק; cmp. דַּקִּיק a. רַּעְדֵּק) tender, young, small; esp. pupil of a primary class. Targ. Job III, 19.—B. Mets. 66ᵃ ד׳ קרעיה גברא רבא וכ׳ was it a child that destroyed the note? A great man &c. Ib. ד׳ קרעיה דכולי עלמא וכ׳ it was a beginner in learning that tore it, for, in civil law, all people are beginners &c.—Pl. דַּרְדְּקִין, דַּרְדְּקֵי. Targ. Job XXX, 1 ד׳ מיני my juniors; a. e.—B. Mets. l. c.—B. Bath. 21ᵃ מקרי ד׳ teacher of primaries (Bible teacher); Bekh. 46ᵃ. Sabb. 104ᵃ. B. Kam. 92ᵇ, v. גַּבְרָא. Keth. 111ᵇ מקרי ד׳ דר"ל the teacher of Resh Lakish’s children.