دملوج
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Ge'ez ድጕልማ (dəgʷləma), ድልጕማ (dəlgʷəma) may be its origin, even in spite of or because of a Sabaean 𐩵𐩴𐩡𐩣𐩩𐩣 (dglmtm, plural) attested in the same meaning, reported as booty from the Aethiopians; which does not exclude ultimate origin in a language of Southern Arabia. Yemeni Arabic provides a verb دَمْلَج (damlaj, “to roll”), such as Egyptian Arabic دحرج (dahrag), so it might be literally something “rolled around”, as also suggested by the root د م ل (d m l) related to adjustment and د م ج (d m j) related to insertion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dum.luːd͡ʒ/
Noun
دُمْلُوج • (dumlūj) m (plural دَمَالِيج (damālīj))
- bangle, armlet, piece of jewelry women install around the upper arm for adornment purposes
- Synonym: مِعْضَد (miʕḍad)
- c. 800, أبو الشيص محمد, قُلْ للطّويلة موضع العِقْد:
- فنظرتِ ما يَعْملن في الخدِ
لولا التمنطق والسّوار معاً
والحِجْلُ والدُملوج في العضْدِ
لتزايَلَتْ من كلّ ناحية
لكنْ جُعِلْن لها على عَمْدِ- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a kind of circular pastry
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دُمْلُوج dumlūj |
الدُّمْلُوج ad-dumlūj |
دُمْلُوج dumlūj |
| nominative | دُمْلُوجٌ dumlūjun |
الدُّمْلُوجُ ad-dumlūju |
دُمْلُوجُ dumlūju |
| accusative | دُمْلُوجًا dumlūjan |
الدُّمْلُوجَ ad-dumlūja |
دُمْلُوجَ dumlūja |
| genitive | دُمْلُوجٍ dumlūjin |
الدُّمْلُوجِ ad-dumlūji |
دُمْلُوجِ dumlūji |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | دُمْلُوجَيْن dumlūjayn |
الدُّمْلُوجَيْن ad-dumlūjayn |
دُمْلُوجَيْ dumlūjay |
| nominative | دُمْلُوجَانِ dumlūjāni |
الدُّمْلُوجَانِ ad-dumlūjāni |
دُمْلُوجَا dumlūjā |
| accusative | دُمْلُوجَيْنِ dumlūjayni |
الدُّمْلُوجَيْنِ ad-dumlūjayni |
دُمْلُوجَيْ dumlūjay |
| genitive | دُمْلُوجَيْنِ dumlūjayni |
الدُّمْلُوجَيْنِ ad-dumlūjayni |
دُمْلُوجَيْ dumlūjay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دَمَالِيج damālīj |
الدَّمَالِيج ad-damālīj |
دَمَالِيج damālīj |
| nominative | دَمَالِيجُ damālīju |
الدَّمَالِيجُ ad-damālīju |
دَمَالِيجُ damālīju |
| accusative | دَمَالِيجَ damālīja |
الدَّمَالِيجَ ad-damālīja |
دَمَالِيجَ damālīja |
| genitive | دَمَالِيجَ damālīja |
الدَّمَالِيجِ ad-damālīji |
دَمَالِيجِ damālīji |
Descendants
- Moroccan Arabic: دمليج (damlīj)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, , page 3
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “دملوج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 915.
- Landberg, Carlo, editor (1928), Glossaire daṯînois[2] (in French), Leiden: Brill, page 846
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 53
- Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[4] (in German), volume 51, page 294