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)

2. to gather

Conjugation

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

From Arabic ضَمّ (ḍamm).

Noun

damm m

2. verbal noun of damm

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /dam/

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

• damb (dialectal)

Derived terms

• dammsugare
• dammkåpa

Etymology 2

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

Noun

damm c

1. dam; pond, pool

Declension

Declension of damm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	damm	damms
	definite	dammen	dammens
plural	indefinite	dammar	dammars
	definite	dammarna	dammarnas

Derived terms

• ankdamm

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

Further reading

• damm in Svensk ordbok.