دمعة

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew דִּמְעָה‎ (dim'á, dimʿā) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎎𐎓𐎚 (dmʿt).

Noun

دَمْعَة • (damʕa) f (singulative, collective دَمْع‎ m (damʕ), plural دُمُوع‎ (dumūʕ) or أَدْمُع‎ (ʔadmuʕ))

a tear (drop of salty liquid resulting from crying)

Declension

Declension of noun دَمْعَة (damʕa)

Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْعَة damʕa	الدَّمْعَة‎ ad-damʕa	دَمْعَة damʕat
Nominative	دَمْعَةٌ damʕatun	الدَّمْعَةُ‎ ad-damʕatu	دَمْعَةُ damʕatu
Accusative	دَمْعَةً damʕatan	الدَّمْعَةَ‎ ad-damʕata	دَمْعَةَ damʕata
Genitive	دَمْعَةٍ damʕatin	الدَّمْعَةِ‎ ad-damʕati	دَمْعَةِ damʕati
Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْع‎ damʕ	الدَّمْع‎ ad-damʕ	دَمْع‎ damʕ
Nominative	دَمْعٌ‎ damʕun	الدَّمْعُ‎ ad-damʕu	دَمْعُ‎ damʕu
Accusative	دَمْعًا‎ damʕan	الدَّمْعَ‎ ad-damʕa	دَمْعَ‎ damʕa
Genitive	دَمْعٍ‎ damʕin	الدَّمْعِ‎ ad-damʕi	دَمْعِ‎ damʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْعَتَيْن‎ damʕatayn	الدَّمْعَتَيْن‎ ad-damʕatayn	دَمْعَتَيْ‎ damʕatay
Nominative	دَمْعَتَانِ‎ damʕatāni	الدَّمْعَتَانِ‎ ad-damʕatāni	دَمْعَتَا‎ damʕatā
Accusative	دَمْعَتَيْنِ‎ damʕatayni	الدَّمْعَتَيْنِ‎ ad-damʕatayni	دَمْعَتَيْ‎ damʕatay
Genitive	دَمْعَتَيْنِ‎ damʕatayni	الدَّمْعَتَيْنِ‎ ad-damʕatayni	دَمْعَتَيْ‎ damʕatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَمْعَات‎ damʕāt	الدَّمْعَات‎ ad-damʕāt	دَمْعَات‎ damʕāt
Nominative	دَمْعَاتٌ‎ damʕātun	الدَّمْعَاتُ‎ ad-damʕātu	دَمْعَاتُ‎ damʕātu
Accusative	دَمْعَاتٍ‎ damʕātin	الدَّمْعَاتِ‎ ad-damʕāti	دَمْعَاتِ‎ damʕāti
Genitive	دَمْعَاتٍ‎ damʕātin	الدَّمْعَاتِ‎ ad-damʕāti	دَمْعَاتِ‎ damʕāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُمُوع‎‎; أَدْمُع‎ dumūʕ‎; ʔadmuʕ	الدُّمُوع‎‎; الْأَدْمُع‎ ad-dumūʕ‎; al-ʔadmuʕ	دُمُوع‎‎; أَدْمُع‎ dumūʕ‎; ʔadmuʕ
Nominative	دُمُوعٌ‎‎; أَدْمُعٌ‎ dumūʕun‎; ʔadmuʕun	الدُّمُوعُ‎‎; الْأَدْمُعُ‎ ad-dumūʕu‎; al-ʔadmuʕu	دُمُوعُ‎‎; أَدْمُعُ‎ dumūʕu‎; ʔadmuʕu
Accusative	دُمُوعًا‎‎; أَدْمُعًا‎ dumūʕan‎; ʔadmuʕan	الدُّمُوعَ‎‎; الْأَدْمُعَ‎ ad-dumūʕa‎; al-ʔadmuʕa	دُمُوعَ‎‎; أَدْمُعَ‎ dumūʕa‎; ʔadmuʕa
Genitive	دُمُوعٍ‎‎; أَدْمُعٍ‎ dumūʕin‎; ʔadmuʕin	الدُّمُوعِ‎‎; الْأَدْمُعِ‎ ad-dumūʕi‎; al-ʔadmuʕi	دُمُوعِ‎‎; أَدْمُعِ‎ dumūʕi‎; ʔadmuʕi

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: دمعة‎ (damʕa)
Hijazi Arabic: دمعة‎ (damʕa)
Maltese: demgħa
Moroccan Arabic: دمعة‎ (damʕa)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863), “دمعة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Moroccan Arabic

Root
د م ع‎
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَمْعَة‎ (damʕa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dam.ʕa/
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Noun

دمعة • (damʕa) f (plural دموع‎ (dmūʕ))

a tear (drop of salty liquid resulting from crying)

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