דמות
Hebrew
Etymology
From the root ד־מ־ה (d-m-); compare Akkadian 𒁕𒄠𒌈 (/damtu, dattu/, “the figure of a man”), Aramaic דְּמוּתָא (d'muta).
Pronunciation
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Noun
דְּמוּת • (d'mút) f (plural indefinite דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת, singular construct דְּמוּת־, plural construct דמויות / דְּמֻיּוֹת־)
- An image, a picture, a likeness.
- (in construct forms) A likeness: something that closely resembles (something else).
- A character in a story.
- An exemplar, a paragon, a picture, a model.
- (דְּמוּת־, d'mút-) Singular construct state form of דְּמוּת.
Usage notes
- In addition to the plural form דמויות \ דְּמֻיּוֹת (d'muyót) given above, in Medieval Hebrew the forms דְּמוּתִים (d'mutím) and דְּמוּתוֹת (d'mutót) are attested as well.
References
- “דְּמוּת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 227.