ضم

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Form I verb from the root ض م م (ḍ-m-m).

Verb

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ضَمَّ (ḍamma) I (non-past يَضُمُّ (yaḍummu), verbal noun ضَمّ (ḍamm))

  1. to gather, hoard, join, bring near
  2. to incorporate, to annex
  3. to concentrate, centralize
  4. to gird
  5. to compress the lips
  6. to mark or pronounce with damma
Conjugation
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References
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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ضم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ضم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ضَمّ (ḍammm

  1. verbal noun of ضَمَّ (ḍamma, to gather) (form I)
  2. gathering, hoarding, joining
  3. incorporation, annexation
  4. concentrating, centralizing
  5. girding
  6. (linguistics) the sound of short /u/, indicated in writing by a damma
Declension
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References
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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ض م م
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic ضَمَّ (ḍamma).

Verb

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ضَمّ (ḍamm) I (non-past يِضُمّ (yiḍumm))

  1. to hug
  2. to include, to incorporate, to annex
  3. to mark or pronounce with damma
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of ضم (ḍamm)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضمّيت (ḍammēt) ضمّيت (ḍammēt) ضمّ (ḍamm) ضمّينا (ḍammēna) ضمّيتوا (ḍammētu) ضمّوا (ḍammu)
f ضمّيتي (ḍammēti) ضمّت (ḍammat)
non-past m أضمّ (ʔaḍumm) تضمّ (tiḍumm) يضمّ (yiḍumm) نضمّ (niḍumm) تضمّوا (tiḍummu) يضمّوا (yiḍummu)
f تضمّي (tiḍummi) تضمّ (tiḍumm)
imperative m ضمّ (ḍumm) ضمّوا (ḍummu)
f ضمّي (ḍummi)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic ضَمّ (ḍamm).

Noun

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ضَمّ (ḍammm

  1. hugging
  2. (linguistics) the sound of short /u/, indicated in writing by a damma

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ض م م
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic ضَمَّ (ḍamma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dˤamm/, [dˤɑm]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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ضمّ (ḍamm) I (present بضمّ (biḍomm))

  1. to include

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of ضمّ (ḍamm)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضمّيت (ḍammēt) ضمّيت (ḍammēt) ضمّ (ḍamm) ضمّينا (ḍammēna) ضمّيتو (ḍammētu) ضمّو (ḍammu)
f ضمّيتي (ḍammēti) ضمّت (ḍammat)
present m بضمّ (baḍomm) بتضمّ (bitḍomm) بضمّ (biḍomm) منضمّ (minḍomm) بتضمّو (bitḍommu) بضمّو (biḍommu)
f بتضمّي (bitḍommi) بتضمّ (bitḍomm)
subjunctive m اضمّ (aḍomm) تضمّ (tḍomm) يضمّ (yḍomm) نضمّ (nḍomm) تضمّو (tḍommu) يضمّو (yḍommu)
f تضمّي (tḍommi) تضمّ (tḍomm)
imperative m ضمّ (ḍomm) ضمّو (ḍommu)
f ضمّي (ḍommi)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian ضم (zamm), from Arabic ضَمّ (ḍamm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ضَم (zamm (Hindi spelling ज़म)

  1. integrate, merge, incorporate
  2. absorption, assimilation
  3. conjunction

References

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  • ضم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ضم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.