دمية

Arabic

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Etymology

• From د م ي (d-m-y) of دَم (dam, “blood”), deriving from the red ochre paint used to decorate idols, which is suggested by Safaitic 𐪕𐪃𐪚 (dmy /⁠damaya⁠/, “to draw”); alternatively, in reference to the blood sacrifices as a means to appease them. It has the appearance of آدم (ʔādam, “man”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎎 (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 from Classical Syriac ܕܘܽܡܳܝܳܐ m (dummāyā), Aramaic דְּמָאִין m pl (dmāʾīn, “likenesses, simulacra”), דְּמוּ m (dmū, “likeness, simulacrum”), דְּמוּתָא f (dmūṯā, “likeness, simulacrum”), related to דְּמָא (dmaʾ, “to be similar”), דְּמֵי (dmey, “to be similar”), Classical Syriac ܕܡܳܐ (dmāʾ, “to be similar”), apparently Arabic دَنَا (danā, “to be near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum.ja/

Noun

دُمْيَة • (dumya) f (plural دُمًى (duman))

1. statue, statuette, especially a painted idol made of ivory or marble
2. an image or effigy
3. a dummy, doll, or puppet
   • 2018 July 6, “دمية عملاقة على شكل "ترامب رضيع" في سماء لندن أثناء زيارة الرئيس الأمريكي [Giant 'Trump Baby' could fly over London for president's visit]”, in BBC Arabic‎:

     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

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-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 in ـًى (-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

Declension of noun دُمْيَة (dumya)

References

• “dmw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dmˀyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dwmy²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “dmy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 7
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 272
• 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”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 916–918
• “Proto-Semitic Root *dmy-; Number 2604” in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin