damma
See also: ḍamma
English
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
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damma (plural dammas or damma)
- (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/.
Translations
an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u"
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.ma/
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”), the same root of Latin domō (“I tame”) and English tame.
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
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- दम्म (Devanagari script)
- দম্ম (Bengali script)
- දම්ම (Sinhalese script)
- ဒမ္မ (Burmese script)
- ทมฺม (Thai script)
- ᨴᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
- ទម្ម (Khmer script)
Adjective
damma
- in need of taming, in need of restraint
Declension
Declension table of "damma" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | dammo | dammā |
Accusative (second) | dammaṃ | damme |
Instrumental (third) | dammena | dammehi or dammebhi |
Dative (fourth) | dammassa or dammāya or dammatthaṃ | dammānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | dammasmā or dammamhā or dammā | dammehi or dammebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | dammassa | dammānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | dammasmiṃ or dammamhi or damme | dammesu |
Vocative (calling) | damma | dammā |
Declension table of "dammā" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | dammā | dammāyo or dammā |
Accusative (second) | dammaṃ | dammāyo or dammā |
Instrumental (third) | dammāya | dammāhi or dammābhi |
Dative (fourth) | dammāya | dammānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | dammāya | dammāhi or dammābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | dammāya | dammānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | dammāya or dammāyaṃ | dammāsu |
Vocative (calling) | damme | dammāyo or dammā |
Declension table of "damma" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | dammaṃ | dammāni |
Accusative (second) | dammaṃ | dammāni |
Instrumental (third) | dammena | dammehi or dammebhi |
Dative (fourth) | dammassa or dammāya or dammatthaṃ | dammānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | dammasmā or dammamhā or dammā | dammehi or dammebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | dammassa | dammānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | dammasmiṃ or dammamhi or damme | dammesu |
Vocative (calling) | damma | dammāni |
Swedish
Verb
damma (present dammar, preterite dammade, supine dammat, imperative damma)
- (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 på
- to punch, to hit (someone in a fight; as if with a duster)
- Angela dammade ivrigt symaskinen.
- (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.
- och så for han sin väg, så att det dammade omkring vagnen.
Conjugation
Conjugation of damma 1
Related terms
- damma av
- damma ned
- damma på
- dammborste
- dammhandduk
- dammig
- dammkorn
- dammrock
- dammvippa
- dammvirvel
- dammviska
- damning
References
- damma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- damma in Albert Montgomery, Svensk-engelsk ordbok (1914)
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