damm

See also: Damm and dämm

Maltese
Root
d-m-m
8 terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /damm/
  • Rhymes: -amm

Etymology 1

From Arabic ضَمَّ (ḍamma).

Verb

damm (imperfect jdomm, verbal noun damm)

  1. to gather
Conjugation
    Conjugation of damm
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dammejt dammejt damm dammejna dammejtu dammew
f dammet
imperfect m ndomm ddomm jdomm ndommu ddommu jdommu
f ddomm
imperative domm dommu

Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَمّ (ḍamm).

Noun

damm m

  1. verbal noun of damm

Swedish

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /dam/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish damb, dåm (“dust, steam”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and Danish damp (“vapor, steam, fog”), German Dampf, Icelandic dampi, English damp (“moderately wet”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.

Noun

damm n

  1. dust
Declension
Declension of damm 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative damm dammet — —
Genitive damms dammets — —
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish damber, dampn, from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

Noun

damm c

  1. dam; pond, pool
Declension
Declension of damm 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative damm dammen dammar dammarna
Genitive damms dammens dammars dammarnas
Derived terms

References

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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