damma

Alternative forms

• ḍamma, Damma, dammah

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)

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/.

See also

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fatha
• kasra
• sukun
• shadda
• tashkil

Anagrams

• madam

Etymology

From Arabic ضَمَّة‎ (ḍamma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/

Noun

damma m, f (plural dammas)

1. damma

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”), the same root of Latin domō (“I tame”) and English tame.

Dama dama

Noun

damma f (genitive dammae); first declension

1. A fallow deer

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

Verb

damma

1. to dam

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 på

   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.

References

• damma in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• damma in Albert Montgomery, Svensk-engelsk ordbok (1914)