ديماس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• دَيْمُوس (daymūs), دَمُّوس (dammūs), دَامُوس (dāmūs)

Etymology

From Aramaic דִּימוֹסָא (dīmōsā), דִּימוֹסְיָא (dīmōsyā, “public affairs; public property; fiscus; public bath”), ܕܝܡܘܣܝܘܢ (dīmōsyōn, “public affair; public bath; public building; dungeon; treasury; chancellery”), from Ancient Greek δημόσιον (dēmósion, “public building; treasury; public prison; public bath”), the neuter of δημόσιος (dēmósios, “public”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daj.maːs/, /diː.maːs/

Noun

دَيْمَاس or دِيمَاس • (daymās or dīmās) m (plural دَيَامِيس (dayāmīs) or دَمَامِيس (damāmīs))

1. any public building, chapter
   1. bathhouse, thermae

      Synonym: حَمّام (ḥammām)

      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 60:68:

        رَأَيْتُ مُوسَى وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ ضَرْبٌ رَجِلٌ، كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ رِجَالِ شَنُوءَةَ، وَرَأَيْتُ عِيسَى، فَإِذَا هُوَ رَجُلٌ رَبْعَةٌ أَحْمَرُ كَأَنَّمَا خَرَجَ مِنْ دِيمَاسٍ

        raʔaytu mūsā waʔiḏā rajulun ḍarbun rajilun, kaʔannahu min rijāli šanūʔata, waraʔaytu ʕīsā, faʔiḏā huwa rajulun rabʕatun ʔaḥmaru kaʔannamā ḵaraja min dīmāsin

        I saw Moses, and he was a lean man with fairly long straight hair, [and he looked] as though he were of the [towering] men of [the tribe of] Šanūʾah. And I saw Jesus, and he was a man of medium stature, [and he was] red as though he had come out of a bathhouse.

2. underground vault, cavern, catacomb
   1. dungeon, calaboose, can (this first, as a prison is a public building)
   2. souterrain, mattamore

      Synonyms: مَطْمُورة (maṭmūra), شُونَة (šūna), عَنْبَر (ʕanbar)

   3. latibulum, lair of a beast

      Synonyms: نَامُوس (nāmūs), قُتْرَة (qutra), قُرْمُوص (qurmūṣ), زَرِيبَة (zarība), زَرْب (zarb)

   4. water reservoir, aquaeduct etc.

      Synonyms: قَادُوس (qādūs), قَنْطَرَة (qanṭara)

Declension

Declension of noun دَيْمَاس (daymās)‎; دِيمَاس (dīmās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيْمَاس‎; دِيمَاس daymās‎; dīmās	الدَّيْمَاس‎; الدِّيمَاس ad-daymās‎; ad-dīmās	دَيْمَاس‎; دِيمَاس daymās‎; dīmās
Nominative	دَيْمَاسٌ‎; دِيمَاسٌ daymāsun‎; dīmāsun	الدَّيْمَاسُ‎; الدِّيمَاسُ ad-daymāsu‎; ad-dīmāsu	دَيْمَاسُ‎; دِيمَاسُ daymāsu‎; dīmāsu
Accusative	دَيْمَاسًا‎; دِيمَاسًا daymāsan‎; dīmāsan	الدَّيْمَاسَ‎; الدِّيمَاسَ ad-daymāsa‎; ad-dīmāsa	دَيْمَاسَ‎; دِيمَاسَ daymāsa‎; dīmāsa
Genitive	دَيْمَاسٍ‎; دِيمَاسٍ daymāsin‎; dīmāsin	الدَّيْمَاسِ‎; الدِّيمَاسِ ad-daymāsi‎; ad-dīmāsi	دَيْمَاسِ‎; دِيمَاسِ daymāsi‎; dīmāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيْمَاسَيْن‎; دِيمَاسَيْن daymāsayn‎; dīmāsayn	الدَّيْمَاسَيْن‎; الدِّيمَاسَيْن ad-daymāsayn‎; ad-dīmāsayn	دَيْمَاسَيْ‎; دِيمَاسَيْ daymāsay‎; dīmāsay
Nominative	دَيْمَاسَانِ‎; دِيمَاسَانِ daymāsāni‎; dīmāsāni	الدَّيْمَاسَانِ‎; الدِّيمَاسَانِ ad-daymāsāni‎; ad-dīmāsāni	دَيْمَاسَا‎; دِيمَاسَا daymāsā‎; dīmāsā
Accusative	دَيْمَاسَيْنِ‎; دِيمَاسَيْنِ daymāsayni‎; dīmāsayni	الدَّيْمَاسَيْنِ‎; الدِّيمَاسَيْنِ ad-daymāsayni‎; ad-dīmāsayni	دَيْمَاسَيْ‎; دِيمَاسَيْ daymāsay‎; dīmāsay
Genitive	دَيْمَاسَيْنِ‎; دِيمَاسَيْنِ daymāsayni‎; dīmāsayni	الدَّيْمَاسَيْنِ‎; الدِّيمَاسَيْنِ ad-daymāsayni‎; ad-dīmāsayni	دَيْمَاسَيْ‎; دِيمَاسَيْ daymāsay‎; dīmāsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيَامِيس‎; دَمَامِيس dayāmīs‎; damāmīs	الدَّيَامِيس‎; الدَّمَامِيس ad-dayāmīs‎; ad-damāmīs	دَيَامِيس‎; دَمَامِيس dayāmīs‎; damāmīs
Nominative	دَيَامِيسُ‎; دَمَامِيسُ dayāmīsu‎; damāmīsu	الدَّيَامِيسُ‎; الدَّمَامِيسُ ad-dayāmīsu‎; ad-damāmīsu	دَيَامِيسُ‎; دَمَامِيسُ dayāmīsu‎; damāmīsu
Accusative	دَيَامِيسَ‎; دَمَامِيسَ dayāmīsa‎; damāmīsa	الدَّيَامِيسَ‎; الدَّمَامِيسَ ad-dayāmīsa‎; ad-damāmīsa	دَيَامِيسَ‎; دَمَامِيسَ dayāmīsa‎; damāmīsa
Genitive	دَيَامِيسَ‎; دَمَامِيسَ dayāmīsa‎; damāmīsa	الدَّيَامِيسِ‎; الدَّمَامِيسِ ad-dayāmīsi‎; ad-damāmīsi	دَيَامِيسِ‎; دَمَامِيسِ dayāmīsi‎; damāmīsi

Derived terms

• د م س (d-m-s) (partially)

Descendants

• → Sicilian: dammusu, tammusu
  • → Italian: dammuso

Further reading

• “dymwsyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dymwsyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dymwsnˀh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 158
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 477
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ديماس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 460
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ديماس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 56a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 300
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ديماس”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 731b
• Levy, Jacob (1867) Chaldäisches Wörterbuch über die Targumim und einen großen Theil des rabbinischen Schriftthums‎^[4] (in German), Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtners Buchhandlung, page 180b
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ديماس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 337b
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ديماس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 405