Abbreviation ofEnglish Du tchm iddle
dum
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forMiddle Dutch . FromHindi दम ( dam ) .
dum (notcomparable )
( India , cooking ) steam dum
Syllable used when humming a tune. 2012 Who is the Doctor :I like to hang out with friends and travel the world. But if there's one thing I really love, it'sDoctor Who .Dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum. Whooo-eee-oooo dum de dum, de dum de dum.
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( nonstandard , humorous ) Alternative spelling ofdumb .dum (notcomparable )
Pronunciation spelling ofdamn etymologically unrelated terms
FromOld Javanese dum
dum (Balinese script ᬤᬸᬫ᭄
todivide “dum ”, inBalinese–Indonesian Dictionary[ Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia ] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province[ Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali ] FromOld Danish dumb dum Old Norse dumbr ( “ dumb ” ) , and in the main sensestupid fromGerman dumm Proto-Germanic *dumbaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- Norwegian Swedish dum Icelandic dumbur English dumb Low German dumm Dutch dom German dumm
dum (neuter dumt plural and definite singular attributive dumme
stupid ,dense ,dumb ,thick ,dim foolish ,silly ,daft 1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
FromLatin dum
dum
for Mi estos en Usonodum du jaroj. ―I will be in the USA for two years. during while whereas FromEsperanto dum Latin dum
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during ,in (a period of time)Il esis absentadum tri yari. ―He was absentfor three years. dume ( “ meanwhile, meantime ” ) FromOld Javanese dum
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todivide FromProto-Italic *dūm ( adverb ) , from*dweh₂- ( “ long ” ) +*-m ( adverbial suffix ) . Comparedūdum [ 1]
dum
( indicating coincidence of duration ) : ( with indicative ) while ,whilst ,as ,meanwhile (as), (for)as long as ,until Synonyms: interea interim quamdiū Dum vīxī tacuī, mortua dulcē canō.While I lived I was quiet; dead I sweetly sing.dum erunt hominēsas long as there are humans (as long as humankind exists)c. BCE BCE ,
Virgil ,
Georgics III.284–285 :
fugit inreparabile tempusdum capti circumvectamur amore Irretrievable time flies awaywhile , in thrall to love, we are carried about from one thing to another. ( indicating coincidence of duration ) : ( before a verbal substantive ) during Synonym: quamdiū ( indicating duration with expectancy ) : ( with subjunctive ) until ,long enough for 29BCE BCE ,
Virgil ,
Aeneid 4.325–326 :
“Quid moror? An mea Pygmaliōndum moenia frāter “What am I waiting for?Until my brother Pygmalion busts down these walls? Or the Gaetulian, Iarbas, drags me away, enslaved?” ( indicating duration with contingency ) : ( with subjunctive ) as long as , (for)so long as ,provided (that), on thecondition thatSynonym: dummodo Oderint,dum metuant. ―Let them hate,so long as they fear. Dum offers speakers of Latin the capacity to express duration withcoincidence ,expectancy , orcontingency . Classical authors most often useddum in order to expresscoincidental duration, and so it was most often accompanied by verbs in the indicative mood; the adverbdummodo was generally used to express aspects of contingency.
dum ( postpositive , often univerbized)
( temporal ) yet ,now ,still etiam dum ,haud dum ,vixdum nondum ( with imperatives, entreating or imperative ) do /please (e.g., stay, drink, etc.);now !agedum mānedum ( with imperatives, restrictive ) only ,solely ,just circumspicedum ―just look around( with interjections or adverbs ) emphatic, expresses surprize, impatience, indefiniteness, etc ;yet ,now ehodum ;quīdum ,prīmumdum → Asturian:dun ( hapax, 1861 translation of the Gospel of Matthew ) → Esperanto:dum “dum Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “dum Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers “dum ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894 ),Latin Phrase-Book [2] Macmillan and Co. I cannot wait till..:nihil mihi longius est videtur quam dum quam ut as long as one's strength holds out:dum vires suppetunt as long as I live:dum vita suppetit; dum (quoad) vivo dum inRamminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)),Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700 [3] dum
wet dum
alternative form ofdumb FromProto-Kuki-Chin *dum
dum
thecolour of thesky andsea :black ,dark blue FromOld Norse dumbr Proto-Germanic *dumbaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- English dumb Danish dum Swedish dum Icelandic dumbur Dutch dom German dumm
dum (neuter singular dumt definite singular and plural dumme comparative dummere indefinite superlative dummest definite superlative dummeste
foolish stupid ,silly “dum” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse dumbr Proto-Germanic *dumbaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-
dum (neuter singular dumt definite singular and plural dumme comparative dummare indefinite superlative dummast definite superlative dummaste
foolish stupid ,silly “dum” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromOld Norse dúnn ( “ down, feathers ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *dūnaz English down German Daun
dum m
down feathers of smallbirds used as insulation material induvets andsleeping bags dum
alternative form ofdaum Mutation ofdum radical lenition nasalization dum dum pronounced with /ð-/ ndum
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
Unknown, probably fromProto-Mon-Khmer *t1 um ( “ collection, accumulation ” ) (compare toKhmer ដុំ ( dom ,“ loaf; piece, block, chunk, part; pile, cluster, bunch ” ) ,Eastern Cham ḍaum ( “ group ” ) ).(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
dum
part IPA (key ) : /ˈdum/ Rhymes:-um Syllabification:dum dum f
genitive plural ofduma From earlierd'um de ( “ of ” ) +um ( “ a ” ,masculine singular indefinite article ) .
dum (feminine duma masculine plural duns feminine plural dumas
contraction ofde um “ of/from a( masculine ) ” The contraction ofde um uma Whende em vez de [ 1] Em vezde um escalão ter três anos, ... Whenum Trata-sede um ou dois dias. FromOld Frisian dumb Proto-Germanic *dumbaz dumb
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stupid ;dumb Synonym: hoolich blindly dizzy Marron C. Fort (2015 ), “dum ”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht , Buske,→ISBN FromOld Swedish dumber Old Norse dumbr Proto-Germanic *dumbaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- Norwegian dumb Danish dum Icelandic dumbur English dumb Dutch dom German dumm
dum (comparative dummare superlative dummast
stupid ,dumb Du är inte sådum som du ser ut You're not asstupid as you look causingtrouble orannoyance Dumt att den inte levereras förrän imorgon. Det kommer ställa till med problem.It's a shame that it won't be delivered until tomorrow. It's going to cause trouble.En kopp kaffe vore intedumt A cup of coffee would be nice (wouldn't bebad ) ( often childish ) mean ,cruel ,misbehaving ,naughty Han vardum mot mig! He wasmean to me! Mamma sa till Olle att sluta varadum Mom told Olle to stop beingnaughty Jag borde inte sagt elaka saker till honom. Det vardumt gjort . I shouldn't have said mean things to him. It wasa stupid thing to do .(not childish – leans more towards morally bad, like in English) 1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Cognate withPersian دم ( dom ) .
dum
tail Borrowed fromMoroccan Arabic دام ( dām ) .
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dum (Tifinagh spelling ⴷⵓⵎ
( intransitive ) last , tosubsist , toperpetuate This verb needs aninflection-table template .
FromProto-Nuristani *dūma Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós
dum ( Gambir ) [ 1]
smoke ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016 ), “d′um”, inNûristânî Etymological Lexicon [1] Jakob Halfmann (2022)Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages , in 'International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19, page 127 FromPersian دم ( dom ) .
dum (plural dumlar
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