dm

See also: Dm, DM, .dm, d.m., and D.M.
U+3377, ㍷
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Translingual

Symbol

dm

  1. (metrology) Symbol for decimeter (decimetre), an SI unit of length equal to 10−1 meters (metres).

Abinomn

Noun

dm

  1. (anatomy) ear

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to pierce, to stab [since the Middle Kingdom]
Inflection
Conjugation of dm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dm, geminated stem: dmm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dm
dmw, dm
dmt
dm, j.dm
dm, j.dm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dm
ḥr dm
m dm
r dm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dm.n
dmw, dm
consecutive dm.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dmt
perfective3 dm
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 dm.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dm, j.dm1
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dm
dmm
potentialis1 dm.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dm, j.dm1
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dm.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective dm
active + .tj1, .tw2
dm
dmm, dmmj6, dm2, dmw2 5, dmy2 5
imperfective j.dm1, dm, dmy, dmw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
j.dm1, j.dmw1 5, dm, dmj6, dmy6
dm, dmw5
prospective dm, dmtj7
dmtj4, dmt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Ehret hypothesizes an origin in Proto-Afroasiatic *dûm-; as with other attempts at reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, academic consensus is lacking.

Verb

 2-lit.

  1. (transitive) to pronounce (a name)
    • c. 1550 BCE – 1295 BCE, Great Hymn to Osiris (Stela of Amenmose, Louvre C 286) lines 7–8:
































      sꜥḥ ꜣḫ ḫnt sꜥḥw wꜣḥ jꜣwt smn ḥqꜣt sḫm nfr n(j) psḏt jmꜣ ḥr mrr mꜣ n.f rdj snḏ.f m tꜣw nb(w) n mr(w)t dm.sn rn.f r ḥꜣt […]
      Effective dignitary, foremost of dignitaries, enduring of office, established of reign, the fair power of the Ennead, gracious of face, the sight of whom is beloved, the awe of whom is set in all lands in order that they pronounce his name first, […]
Inflection
Conjugation of dm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: dm, geminated stem: dmm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
dm
dmw, dm
dmt
dm, j.dm
dm, j.dm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
dm
ḥr dm
m dm
r dm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect dm.n
dmw, dm
consecutive dm.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative dmt
perfective3 dm
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 dm.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective dm, j.dm1
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 dm
dmm
potentialis1 dm.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive dm, j.dm1
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect dm.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective dm
active + .tj1, .tw2
dm
dmm, dmmj6, dm2, dmw2 5, dmy2 5
imperfective j.dm1, dm, dmy, dmw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
j.dm1, j.dmw1 5, dm, dmj6, dmy6
dm, dmw5
prospective dm, dmtj7
dmtj4, dmt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

References

Ingrian

Noun

dm (invariable)

  1. abbreviation of detsimetra
    • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by Mihailov and D. I. Efimov, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 18:
      1 m = 10 dm, 1 dm = 10 sm,
      1 m = 10 dm, 1 dm = 10 cm,