ضم

See also: صم‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Verb

ضَمَّ • (ḍamma) I, non-past يَضُمُّ‎‎ (yaḍummu)

  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
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ضم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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

Noun

ضَمّ • (ḍamm) m

  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
References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض م م‎

Etymology

From Arabic ضَمَّ‎ (ḍamma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤamm/, [dˤɑm]
  • (file)

Verb

ضمّ • (ḍamm) (form I, present بضمّ‎ (biḍomm))

  1. to include

Conjugation

    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

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ضم‎ (zam), from Arabic ضَمّ‎ (ḍamm).

Pronunciation

Noun

ضَم • (zam) m (Hindi spelling ज़म)

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

References

  • “ضم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ضم”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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