damma

See also: ḍamma and dämma

English

A damma

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

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.ma/
  • (file)

Noun

damma m (plural dammas)

  1. damma

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin damma, dāma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

damma f (plural damme)

  1. (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

  1. A fallow deer

Declension

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

  • Vulgar Latin: dāmus

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

Borrowed from Sicilian dama and/or Italian dama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdam.ma/

Noun

damma f (plural dammi or damem)

  1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Old Frisian

Verb

damma

  1. to dam

Oromo

Noun

damma

  1. honey

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

damma

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

Declension

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

damm + -a

Verb

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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