ديمومة

Arabic

Root
د و م (d-w-m)

Alternative forms

• دَيْمُوم (daymūm)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daj.muː.ma/

Noun

دَيْمُومَة • (daymūma) f (plural دَيَامِيم (dayāmīm))

1. desert where a journey continues long, far-extending wasteland

   Synonyms: فَلَاة (falāh), بَيْدَاء (baydāʔ), صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ), مَفَازَة (mafāza)

   • a. 608, by زُهَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلْمَى (zuhayru bnu ʔabī sulmā)

     إِذَا تَرَامَت بِهَا الدَيْمُومَةُ الْجَدَدُ / عَوْمَ الْقَوَادِسِ قَفَّى الْأَرْدَمُونَ بِهَا / إِذَا تَرَامَى بِهَا الْمُغْلَوْلِبُ الزَبِدُ / بِفِتْيَةٍ كَسُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ يَبْعَثُهُم

     ʔiḏā tarāmat bi-hā d-daymūmatu l-jadadu / ʕawma l-qawādisi qaffā l-ʔardamūna bi-hā / ʔiḏā tarāmā bi-hā l-muḡlawlibu z-zabidu / bi-fityatin ka-suyūfi l-hindi yabʕaṯu-hum

     When the wasteland of the hard soil was reached / by floating in the barges, they put up behind them the foresail / And when the luxuriance of foam / hit the young men, it sent them forth like Indian swords.

2. continuity, permanence, sustainability, verbal noun of دَامَ (dāma) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun دَيْمُومَة (daymūma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيْمُومَة daymūma	الدَّيْمُومَة ad-daymūma	دَيْمُومَة daymūmat
Nominative	دَيْمُومَةٌ daymūmatun	الدَّيْمُومَةُ ad-daymūmatu	دَيْمُومَةُ daymūmatu
Accusative	دَيْمُومَةً daymūmatan	الدَّيْمُومَةَ ad-daymūmata	دَيْمُومَةَ daymūmata
Genitive	دَيْمُومَةٍ daymūmatin	الدَّيْمُومَةِ ad-daymūmati	دَيْمُومَةِ daymūmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيْمُومَتَيْن daymūmatayn	الدَّيْمُومَتَيْن ad-daymūmatayn	دَيْمُومَتَيْ daymūmatay
Nominative	دَيْمُومَتَانِ daymūmatāni	الدَّيْمُومَتَانِ ad-daymūmatāni	دَيْمُومَتَا daymūmatā
Accusative	دَيْمُومَتَيْنِ daymūmatayni	الدَّيْمُومَتَيْنِ ad-daymūmatayni	دَيْمُومَتَيْ daymūmatay
Genitive	دَيْمُومَتَيْنِ daymūmatayni	الدَّيْمُومَتَيْنِ ad-daymūmatayni	دَيْمُومَتَيْ daymūmatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَيَامِيم dayāmīm	الدَّيَامِيم ad-dayāmīm	دَيَامِيم dayāmīm
Nominative	دَيَامِيمُ dayāmīmu	الدَّيَامِيمُ ad-dayāmīmu	دَيَامِيمُ dayāmīmu
Accusative	دَيَامِيمَ dayāmīma	الدَّيَامِيمَ ad-dayāmīma	دَيَامِيمَ dayāmīma
Genitive	دَيَامِيمَ dayāmīma	الدَّيَامِيمِ ad-dayāmīmi	دَيَامِيمِ dayāmīmi

References

• الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā] (a. 625) Geyer, Rudolf, editor, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎^[1] (in German), volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, pages 109–110