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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. 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,