damm

See also: Damm and dämm

Maltese

Root
d-m-m (gather)
1 term

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 (Form I)
positive forms
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
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m dammejtx dammejtx dammx dammejniex dammejtux dammewx
f dammitx
imperfect m ndommx ddommx jdommx ndommux ddommux jdommux
f ddommx
imperative ddommx ddommux

Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَمّ (ḍamm).

Noun

damm m

  1. verbal noun of damm

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dam/
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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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite damm damms
definite dammet dammets
plural indefinite
definite
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
Derived terms

References

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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