דמות

From the root ד־מ־ה‎ (d-m-); compare Akkadian 𒁕𒄠𒌈 (/damtu, dattu/, “the figure of a man”), Aramaic דְּמוּתָא‎ (d'muta).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dmut/

דְּמוּת • (d'mút) f (plural indefinite דמויות \ דְּמֻיּוֹת‎, singular construct דְּמוּת־, plural construct דמויות \ דְּמֻיּוֹת־‎)

1. An image, a picture, a likeness.
2. (in construct forms) A likeness: something that closely resembles (something else).
3. A character in a story.
4. An exemplar, a paragon, a picture, a model.
5. (דְּמוּת־‎, d'mút-) Singular construct formal of דְּמוּת‎‎.

• In addition to the plural form דמויות \ דְּמֻיּוֹת (d'muyót) given above, in Medieval Hebrew the forms דְּמוּתִים‎ (d'mutím) and דְּמוּתוֹת‎ (d'mutót) are attested as well.

• “דְּמוּת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ‎ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 227.