damma

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See also: ḍamma and dämma

English[edit]

A damma

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /da.ma/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

damma m (plural dammas)

  1. damma

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin damma, dāma.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdam.ma/
  • Rhymes: -amma
  • Hyphenation: dàm‧ma

Noun[edit]

damma f (plural damme)

  1. (literary, obsolete) (male or female) fallow deer
    Synonym: daino

Further reading[edit]

  • damma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Dama dama

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

damma f (genitive dammae); first declension

  1. A fallow deer

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Vulgar Latin: dāmus

References[edit]

  • 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

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sicilian dama and/or Italian dama.

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Noun[edit]

damma f (plural dammi or damem)

  1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Old Frisian[edit]

Verb[edit]

damma

  1. to dam

Oromo[edit]

Noun[edit]

damma

  1. honey

Pali[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

damma

  1. gerundive of dameti (to tame)
  2. in need of taming, in need of restraint

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “damma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

damm +‎ -a

Verb[edit]

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.

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