damma

See also: ḍamma

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma, a joining), instance noun of the verb ضَمَّ (ḍamma, to join). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound.

Noun

Examples

دُ (du) /du/
دُو () /duː/.

damma (plural dammas or damma)

  1. (linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter (ـُ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.

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French

Etymology

From Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.ma/

Noun

damma m (plural dammas)

  1. damma

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (to domesticate, tame), the same root of Latin domō (I tame) and English tame.

Noun

damma f (genitive dammae); first declension

  1. A fallow deer

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative damma dammae
Genitive dammae dammārum
Dative dammae dammīs
Accusative dammam dammās
Ablative dammā dammīs
Vocative damma dammae

References

  • damma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • damma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old Frisian

Verb

damma

  1. to dam

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

damma

  1. in need of taming, in need of restraint

Declension

References

damma in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)


Swedish

Etymology

damm + -a

Verb

damma (present dammar, preterite dammade, supine dammat, imperative damma)

  1. (transitive) to dust, to remove dust
    Angela dammade ivrigt symaskinen.
    Angela eagerly dusted the sewing machine.
    att damma av
    to dust off
    att damma ned
    to cover with dust
    att damma
    to punch, to hit (someone in a fight; as if with a duster)
  2. (intransitive) to raise dust, to be dusty
    och så for han sin väg, så att det dammade omkring vagnen.
    and so he went away, so the dust whirled about the wagon.

Conjugation

  • damma av
  • damma ned
  • damma på
  • dammborste
  • dammhandduk
  • dammig
  • dammkorn
  • dammrock
  • dammvippa
  • dammvirvel
  • dammviska
  • damning

References

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