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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