dm

See also: Dm, DM, .dm, d.m., and D.M.

㍷ U+3377, ㍷ SQUARE DM ← ㍶ [U+3376] CJK Compatibility ㍸ → [U+3378]

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /dɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: dem

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dm  

dm

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of dm  

dm

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1931) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 5, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 449.1–450.6

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,