ديماس
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Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Aramaic דִּימוֹסָא (dīmōsā), דִּימוֹסְיָא (dīmōsyā, “public affairs; public property; fiscus; public bath”), ܕܝܡܘܣܝܘܢ (dīmōsyōn, “public affair; public bath; public building; dungeon; treasury; chancellery”), from Ancient Greek δημόσιον (dēmósion, “public building; treasury; public prison; public bath”), the neuter of δημόσιος (dēmósios, “public”).
Pronunciation
Noun
دَيْمَاس or دِيمَاس • (daymās or dīmās) m (plural دَيَامِيس (dayāmīs) or دَمَامِيس (damāmīs))
- any public building, chapter
- bathhouse, thermae
- Synonym: حَمّام (ḥammām)
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 60:68:
- رَأَيْتُ مُوسَى وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ ضَرْبٌ رَجِلٌ، كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ شَنُوءَةَ، وَرَأَيْتُ عِيسَى، فَإِذَا هُوَ رَجُلٌ رَبْعَةٌ أَحْمَرُ كَأَنَّمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ دِيمَاسٍ
- raʔaytu mūsā waʔiḏā rajulun ḍarbun rajilun, kaʔannahu min rijāli šanūʔata, waraʔaytu ʕīsā, faʔiḏā huwa rajulun rabʕatun ʔaḥmaru kaʔannamā ḵaraja min dīmāsin
- I saw Moses, and he was a lean man with fairly long straight hair, as though he were of the men of Šanūʾah. And I saw Jesus, and he was a man of medium stature, red as though he had come out of a bathhouse.
- bathhouse, thermae
- underground vault, cavern, catacomb
Declension
Declension of noun دَيْمَاس (daymās); دِيمَاس (dīmās)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَيْمَاس; دِيمَاس daymās; dīmās |
الدَّيْمَاس; الدِّيمَاس ad-daymās; ad-dīmās |
دَيْمَاس; دِيمَاس daymās; dīmās |
| Nominative | دَيْمَاسٌ; دِيمَاسٌ daymāsun; dīmāsun |
الدَّيْمَاسُ; الدِّيمَاسُ ad-daymāsu; ad-dīmāsu |
دَيْمَاسُ; دِيمَاسُ daymāsu; dīmāsu |
| Accusative | دَيْمَاسًا; دِيمَاسًا daymāsan; dīmāsan |
الدَّيْمَاسَ; الدِّيمَاسَ ad-daymāsa; ad-dīmāsa |
دَيْمَاسَ; دِيمَاسَ daymāsa; dīmāsa |
| Genitive | دَيْمَاسٍ; دِيمَاسٍ daymāsin; dīmāsin |
الدَّيْمَاسِ; الدِّيمَاسِ ad-daymāsi; ad-dīmāsi |
دَيْمَاسِ; دِيمَاسِ daymāsi; dīmāsi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | دَيْمَاسَيْن; دِيمَاسَيْن daymāsayn; dīmāsayn |
الدَّيْمَاسَيْن; الدِّيمَاسَيْن ad-daymāsayn; ad-dīmāsayn |
دَيْمَاسَيْ; دِيمَاسَيْ daymāsay; dīmāsay |
| Nominative | دَيْمَاسَانِ; دِيمَاسَانِ daymāsāni; dīmāsāni |
الدَّيْمَاسَانِ; الدِّيمَاسَانِ ad-daymāsāni; ad-dīmāsāni |
دَيْمَاسَا; دِيمَاسَا daymāsā; dīmāsā |
| Accusative | دَيْمَاسَيْنِ; دِيمَاسَيْنِ daymāsayni; dīmāsayni |
الدَّيْمَاسَيْنِ; الدِّيمَاسَيْنِ ad-daymāsayni; ad-dīmāsayni |
دَيْمَاسَيْ; دِيمَاسَيْ daymāsay; dīmāsay |
| Genitive | دَيْمَاسَيْنِ; دِيمَاسَيْنِ daymāsayni; dīmāsayni |
الدَّيْمَاسَيْنِ; الدِّيمَاسَيْنِ ad-daymāsayni; ad-dīmāsayni |
دَيْمَاسَيْ; دِيمَاسَيْ daymāsay; dīmāsay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَيَامِيس; دَمَامِيس dayāmīs; damāmīs |
الدَّيَامِيس; الدَّمَامِيس ad-dayāmīs; ad-damāmīs |
دَيَامِيس; دَمَامِيس dayāmīs; damāmīs |
| Nominative | دَيَامِيسُ; دَمَامِيسُ dayāmīsu; damāmīsu |
الدَّيَامِيسُ; الدَّمَامِيسُ ad-dayāmīsu; ad-damāmīsu |
دَيَامِيسُ; دَمَامِيسُ dayāmīsu; damāmīsu |
| Accusative | دَيَامِيسَ; دَمَامِيسَ dayāmīsa; damāmīsa |
الدَّيَامِيسَ; الدَّمَامِيسَ ad-dayāmīsa; ad-damāmīsa |
دَيَامِيسَ; دَمَامِيسَ dayāmīsa; damāmīsa |
| Genitive | دَيَامِيسَ; دَمَامِيسَ dayāmīsa; damāmīsa |
الدَّيَامِيسِ; الدَّمَامِيسِ ad-dayāmīsi; ad-damāmīsi |
دَيَامِيسِ; دَمَامِيسِ dayāmīsi; damāmīsi |
Derived terms
- د م س (d-m-s) (partially)
Descendants
Further reading
- “dymwsyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “dymwsyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “dymwsnˀh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 158
- Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 477
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ديماس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 460
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “ديماس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 56a
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 300
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ديماس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 731b
- Levy, Jacob (1867) Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Targumim und einen großen Theil des rabbinischen Schriftthums (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 180b
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ديماس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 337b
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ديماس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 405