demm
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Arabic دَم (dam), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]demm m (plural dmija or dmum or dmiem or dmijiet)
- blood
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
- X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- blood relationship
- natural disposition
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Maltese terms belonging to the root d-m-m (blood)
- Maltese terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Maltese terms derived from the Proto-Afroasiatic root *dam-
- Maltese terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛmm
- Rhymes:Maltese/ɛmm/1 syllable
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- mt:Bodily fluids
- Maltese terms with quotations