ضمة

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Arabic

Etymology

Instance noun of the Form I verb ضَمَّ (ḍamma, “to embrace; to gather; to compress the lips”), from the root ض م م (ḍ-m-m). When used to describe the vowel ـُ (u), ضَمَّة (ḍamma) means “an instance of rounding”, since u is the only short vowel in Arabic that is pronounced with lip-rounding.

Pronunciation

Noun

ضَمَّة • (ḍamma) f (plural ضَمَّات (ḍammāt))

  1. an embracing
  2. a number of horses assembled from every quarter for a race
  3. (linguistics, grammar) damma, ḍamma, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /u/, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter:  ـُ

Declension

Declension of noun ضَمَّة (ḍamma)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضَمَّة
ḍamma 		الضَّمَّة
aḍ-ḍamma 		ضَمَّة
ḍammat
Nominative ضَمَّةٌ
ḍammatun 		الضَّمَّةُ
aḍ-ḍammatu 		ضَمَّةُ
ḍammatu
Accusative ضَمَّةً
ḍammatan 		الضَّمَّةَ
aḍ-ḍammata 		ضَمَّةَ
ḍammata
Genitive ضَمَّةٍ
ḍammatin 		الضَّمَّةِ
aḍ-ḍammati 		ضَمَّةِ
ḍammati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضَمَّتَيْن
ḍammatayn 		الضَّمَّتَيْن
aḍ-ḍammatayn 		ضَمَّتَيْ
ḍammatay
Nominative ضَمَّتَانِ
ḍammatāni 		الضَّمَّتَانِ
aḍ-ḍammatāni 		ضَمَّتَا
ḍammatā
Accusative ضَمَّتَيْنِ
ḍammatayni 		الضَّمَّتَيْنِ
aḍ-ḍammatayni 		ضَمَّتَيْ
ḍammatay
Genitive ضَمَّتَيْنِ
ḍammatayni 		الضَّمَّتَيْنِ
aḍ-ḍammatayni 		ضَمَّتَيْ
ḍammatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal ضَمَّات
ḍammāt 		الضَّمَّات
aḍ-ḍammāt 		ضَمَّات
ḍammāt
Nominative ضَمَّاتٌ
ḍammātun 		الضَّمَّاتُ
aḍ-ḍammātu 		ضَمَّاتُ
ḍammātu
Accusative ضَمَّاتٍ
ḍammātin 		الضَّمَّاتِ
aḍ-ḍammāti 		ضَمَّاتِ
ḍammāti
Genitive ضَمَّاتٍ
ḍammātin 		الضَّمَّاتِ
aḍ-ḍammāti 		ضَمَّاتِ
ḍammāti

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ض م م
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضمة • (ḍamma) f (plural ضَمَّات (ḍammāt))

  1. a hug
  2. (linguistics) damma, the diacritic in the Arabic script that represents the vowel /u/, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter:  ـُ
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