damm
Maltese
Root |
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d-m-m |
1 term |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /damm/
- Rhymes: -amm
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - 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.
Declension
Declension of damm | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | damm | dammet | — | — |
Genitive | damms | dammets | — | — |
Synonyms
- damb (dialectal)
Derived terms
- dammsugare
- dammkåpa
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish damber, dampn, from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Declension
Declension of damm | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | damm | dammen | dammar | dammarna |
Genitive | damms | dammens | dammars | dammarnas |
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- dæmm
Etymology 1
From Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d̥ámː], [d̥ǽmː]
- Rhymes: -ámː, -ǽmː
Derived terms
- dammbol (“floodgate”)
- kagdamm n (“temporary embankment above the permanent one”)
Related terms
- dämi (“embank”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d̥æ̀mː]
- Rhymes: -àmː, -æ̀mː
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