damm

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See also: Damm, and dämm

Maltese

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Root
d-m-m (gather)
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic ضَمَّ (ḍamma).

Verb

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damm (imperfect jdomm, verbal noun damm)

  1. to gather
Conjugation
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    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

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From Arabic ضَمّ (ḍamm).

Noun

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damm m

  1. verbal noun of damm

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /dam/

Etymology 1

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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

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damm n

  1. dust
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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damm c

  1. dam; pond, pool
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References

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Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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