دمية

Arabic

FWOTD – 29 September 2019

Etymology

• Fromد م ي(d-m-y)ofدَم(dam,“blood”),deriving from thered ochrepaint used to decorate idols, which is suggested bySafaitic𐪕𐪃𐪚(dmy/⁠damaya⁠/,“to draw”);alternatively, in reference to the blood sacrifices as a means to appease them. It has the appearance ofآدم(ʔādam,“man”),Ugaritic𐎀𐎄𐎎(ảdm,“man”)etc.
• Phonologically dubiously and bare of factual basis, alleging that “it has not a spoor of derivation in Arabic”, Fraenkel claimed it being borrowed fromClassical Syriacܕܘܽܡܳܝܳܐm(dummāyā),Aramaicדְּמָאִיןmpl(dmāʾīn,“likenesses, simulacra”),דְּמוּm(dmū,“likeness, simulacrum”),דְּמוּתָאf(dmūṯā,“likeness, simulacrum”),related toדְּמָא(dmaʾ,“to be similar”),דְּמֵי(dmey,“to be similar”),Classical Syriacܕܡܳܐ(dmāʾ,“to be similar”),apparentlyArabicدَنَا(danā,“to be near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dum.ja/

Noun

دُمْيَة•(dumya)f(pluralدُمًى(duman))

1. statue,statuette,especially apaintedidolmade ofivoryormarble
2. animageoreffigy
3. adummy,doll,orpuppet
   • 2018July 6, “دمية عملاقة على شكل "ترامب رضيع" في سماء لندن أثناء زيارة الرئيس الأمريكي”,inBBC Arabic‎^[1]:

     وجمع ناشطون نحو 18 ألف جنيه استرليني لشراء دمية تنفخ بغاز الهيليوم طولها 6 أمتار، ويقولون إنها تجسد شخصية ترامب بأنه "مزاجي كالأطفال، ومغرور".

     Campaigners raised almost £18,000 for the helium-filled six-metre high figure, which they said reflects Mr Trump's character as an "angry baby with a fragile ego and tiny hands".

Declension

Declension of nounدُمْيَة(dumya)

Singular	singular triptote inـَة(-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُمْيَة dumya	الدُّمْيَة ad-dumya	دُمْيَة dumyat
Nominative	دُمْيَةٌ dumyatun	الدُّمْيَةُ ad-dumyatu	دُمْيَةُ dumyatu
Accusative	دُمْيَةً dumyatan	الدُّمْيَةَ ad-dumyata	دُمْيَةَ dumyata
Genitive	دُمْيَةٍ dumyatin	الدُّمْيَةِ ad-dumyati	دُمْيَةِ dumyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُمْيَتَيْن dumyatayn	الدُّمْيَتَيْن ad-dumyatayn	دُمْيَتَيْ dumyatay
Nominative	دُمْيَتَانِ dumyatāni	الدُّمْيَتَانِ ad-dumyatāni	دُمْيَتَا dumyatā
Accusative	دُمْيَتَيْنِ dumyatayni	الدُّمْيَتَيْنِ ad-dumyatayni	دُمْيَتَيْ dumyatay
Genitive	دُمْيَتَيْنِ dumyatayni	الدُّمْيَتَيْنِ ad-dumyatayni	دُمْيَتَيْ dumyatay
Plural	broken plural inـًى(-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُمَى dumā	الدُّمَى ad-dumā	دُمَى dumā
Nominative	دُمًى duman	الدُّمَى ad-dumā	دُمَى dumā
Accusative	دُمًى duman	الدُّمَى ad-dumā	دُمَى dumā
Genitive	دُمًى duman	الدُّمَى ad-dumā	دُمَى dumā

References

• “dmw”,inThe Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project,Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College,1986–
• “dmˀyn”,inThe Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project,Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College,1986–
• “dwmy²”,inThe Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project,Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College,1986–
• “dmy”,inThe Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project,Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College,1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund(1880)De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2](in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill,page 7
• Fraenkel, Siegmund(1886)Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen(in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill,page272
• Wehr, Hans(1979) “دمي”,in J. Milton Cowan, editor,A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic,4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services,→ISBN
• Lane, Edward William(1863) “دمية”,inArabic-English Lexicon‎^[3],London: Williams & Norgate,pages916–918
• “Proto-Semitic Root *dmy-; Number 2604” inGeorgiy Starostin,Tower of Babel,Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin