damma
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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
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/.
- In Iranian Persian ـُ represents the vowel /o/. If the letter ـو immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ow/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ow/ did not occur.
Translations
an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)
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See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
damma m (plural dammas)
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
damma f (plural damme)
- (literary, obsolete) (male or female) fallow deer
- Synonym: daino
Further reading
- damma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Alternative forms
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
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
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.
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
damma f (plural dammi or damem)
- die (polyhedron used in games of chance)
Old Frisian
Verb
damma
- to dam
Oromo
Noun
damma
Derived terms
- dammaawuu
References
- Gamtaa, Xilaahun (2004) Galmee Afaan Oromo fi Afaan Ingilizii Barsiisuu - Comprehensive Oromo-English-Dictionary (COED), New York, USA: Karrayyuu Publishing, →ISBN, page 212
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
damma
Declension
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 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 "damma" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 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 "dammā" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Declension table of "damma" (neuter)
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “damma”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Swedish
Etymology
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
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | damma | dammas | ||
| supine | dammat | dammats | ||
| imperative | damma | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | dammen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | dammar | dammade | dammas | dammades |
| ind. plural1 | damma | dammade | dammas | dammades |
| subjunctive2 | damme | dammade | dammes | dammades |
| present participle | dammande | |||
| past participle | dammad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
References
- damma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- damma in Albert Montgomery, Svensk-engelsk ordbok (1914)
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