دمعة

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew דִּמְעָה (dim'á, dimʿā) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎎𐎓𐎚 (dmʿt).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dam.ʕa/

Noun

دَمْعَة • (damʕa) f (singulative, collective دَمْع m (damʕ), plural دُمُوع (dumūʕ) or أَدْمُع (ʔadmuʕ))

a tear (drop of salty liquid resulting from crying)

Declension

Declension of noun دَمْعَة (damʕa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْعَة damʕa	الدَّمْعَة ad-damʕa	دَمْعَة damʕat
Nominative	دَمْعَةٌ damʕatun	الدَّمْعَةُ ad-damʕatu	دَمْعَةُ damʕatu
Accusative	دَمْعَةً damʕatan	الدَّمْعَةَ ad-damʕata	دَمْعَةَ damʕata
Genitive	دَمْعَةٍ damʕatin	الدَّمْعَةِ ad-damʕati	دَمْعَةِ damʕati
Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْع damʕ	الدَّمْع ad-damʕ	دَمْع damʕ
Nominative	دَمْعٌ damʕun	الدَّمْعُ ad-damʕu	دَمْعُ damʕu
Accusative	دَمْعًا damʕan	الدَّمْعَ ad-damʕa	دَمْعَ damʕa
Genitive	دَمْعٍ damʕin	الدَّمْعِ ad-damʕi	دَمْعِ damʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْعَتَيْن damʕatayn	الدَّمْعَتَيْن ad-damʕatayn	دَمْعَتَيْ damʕatay
Nominative	دَمْعَتَانِ damʕatāni	الدَّمْعَتَانِ ad-damʕatāni	دَمْعَتَا damʕatā
Accusative	دَمْعَتَيْنِ damʕatayni	الدَّمْعَتَيْنِ ad-damʕatayni	دَمْعَتَيْ damʕatay
Genitive	دَمْعَتَيْنِ damʕatayni	الدَّمْعَتَيْنِ ad-damʕatayni	دَمْعَتَيْ damʕatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْعَات damʕāt	الدَّمْعَات ad-damʕāt	دَمْعَات damʕāt
Nominative	دَمْعَاتٌ damʕātun	الدَّمْعَاتُ ad-damʕātu	دَمْعَاتُ damʕātu
Accusative	دَمْعَاتٍ damʕātin	الدَّمْعَاتِ ad-damʕāti	دَمْعَاتِ damʕāti
Genitive	دَمْعَاتٍ damʕātin	الدَّمْعَاتِ ad-damʕāti	دَمْعَاتِ damʕāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُمُوع‎; أَدْمُع dumūʕ‎; ʔadmuʕ	الدُّمُوع‎; الْأَدْمُع ad-dumūʕ‎; al-ʔadmuʕ	دُمُوع‎; أَدْمُع dumūʕ‎; ʔadmuʕ
Nominative	دُمُوعٌ‎; أَدْمُعٌ dumūʕun‎; ʔadmuʕun	الدُّمُوعُ‎; الْأَدْمُعُ ad-dumūʕu‎; al-ʔadmuʕu	دُمُوعُ‎; أَدْمُعُ dumūʕu‎; ʔadmuʕu
Accusative	دُمُوعًا‎; أَدْمُعًا dumūʕan‎; ʔadmuʕan	الدُّمُوعَ‎; الْأَدْمُعَ ad-dumūʕa‎; al-ʔadmuʕa	دُمُوعَ‎; أَدْمُعَ dumūʕa‎; ʔadmuʕa
Genitive	دُمُوعٍ‎; أَدْمُعٍ dumūʕin‎; ʔadmuʕin	الدُّمُوعِ‎; الْأَدْمُعِ ad-dumūʕi‎; al-ʔadmuʕi	دُمُوعِ‎; أَدْمُعِ dumūʕi‎; ʔadmuʕi

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: دمعة (damʕa)
Hijazi Arabic: دمعة (damʕa)
Maltese: demgħa
Moroccan Arabic: دمعة (damʕa)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “دمعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

Moroccan Arabic

Root
د م ع
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَمْعَة (damʕa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dam.ʕa/
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Noun

دمعة • (damʕa) f (plural دموع (dmūʕ))

a tear (drop of salty liquid resulting from crying)

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