ضمة

Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun of the Form I verb ضَمَّ‎ (ḍamma, “to embrace; to gather; to compress the lips”), from the root ض م م‎ (ḍ-m-m). When used to describe the vowel ـُ (u), ضَمَّة (ḍamma) means “an instance of [lip-]rounding”, since u is the only short vowel in Arabic that is pronounced with lip-rounding.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˁam.ma/

Noun

ضَمَّة • (ḍamma) f (plural ضَمَّات‎ (ḍammāt))

an embracing
a number of horses assembled from every quarter for a race
(linguistics, grammar) damma, ḍamma, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /u/, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter: ـُ‎

Declension

Declension of noun ضَمَّة (ḍamma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَمَّة ḍamma	الضَّمَّة‎ aḍ-ḍamma	ضَمَّة ḍammat
Nominative	ضَمَّةٌ ḍammatun	الضَّمَّةُ‎ aḍ-ḍammatu	ضَمَّةُ ḍammatu
Accusative	ضَمَّةً ḍammatan	الضَّمَّةَ‎ aḍ-ḍammata	ضَمَّةَ ḍammata
Genitive	ضَمَّةٍ ḍammatin	الضَّمَّةِ‎ aḍ-ḍammati	ضَمَّةِ ḍammati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَمَّتَيْن‎ ḍammatayn	الضَّمَّتَيْن‎ aḍ-ḍammatayn	ضَمَّتَيْ‎ ḍammatay
Nominative	ضَمَّتَانِ‎ ḍammatāni	الضَّمَّتَانِ‎ aḍ-ḍammatāni	ضَمَّتَا‎ ḍammatā
Accusative	ضَمَّتَيْنِ‎ ḍammatayni	الضَّمَّتَيْنِ‎ aḍ-ḍammatayni	ضَمَّتَيْ‎ ḍammatay
Genitive	ضَمَّتَيْنِ‎ ḍammatayni	الضَّمَّتَيْنِ‎ aḍ-ḍammatayni	ضَمَّتَيْ‎ ḍammatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ضَمَّات‎ ḍammāt	الضَّمَّات‎ aḍ-ḍammāt	ضَمَّات‎ ḍammāt
Nominative	ضَمَّاتٌ‎ ḍammātun	الضَّمَّاتُ‎ aḍ-ḍammātu	ضَمَّاتُ‎ ḍammātu
Accusative	ضَمَّاتٍ‎ ḍammātin	الضَّمَّاتِ‎ aḍ-ḍammāti	ضَمَّاتِ‎ ḍammāti
Genitive	ضَمَّاتٍ‎ ḍammātin	الضَّمَّاتِ‎ aḍ-ḍammāti	ضَمَّاتِ‎ ḍammāti

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “ضمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Wehr, Hans (1979), “ضم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض م م‎ (ḍ-m-m), "to embrace" or "to gather".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˁamːa/

Noun

ضَمَّة • (ḍamma) f

(plural ضَمَّات‎ ‎(ḍammāt))

a hug
(linguistics) damma, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /u/, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter: ـُ‎

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