*dumbaz

Runic: ᛞᚢᛗᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdum.bɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

dumb, mute, unable to speak

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰm̥bʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰembʰ- (‘to be stunned; to strike’). Alternatively, (Kroonen 2013) considers this an adjectival derivative of *dimbaną (‘to fog, smoke’), with semantic shift ‘foggy, hazy’ > ‘dumb, mute’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH- (‘to smoke, blow’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	dumbaz	dumbō	dumbą, -atō	dumbai	dumbôz	dumbō
Acc.	dumbanǭ	dumbǭ	dumbą, -atō	dumbanz	dumbōz	dumbō
Gen.	dumbas, -is	dumbaizōz	dumbas, -is	dumbaizǫ̂	dumbaizǫ̂	dumbaizǫ̂
Dat.	dumbammai	dumbaizōi	dumbammai	dumbaimaz	dumbaimaz	dumbaimaz
Inst.	dumbanō	dumbaizō	dumbanō	dumbaimiz	dumbaimiz	dumbaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	dumbô	dumbǭ	dumbô	dumbaniz	dumbōniz	dumbōnō
Acc.	dumbanų	dumbōnų	dumbô	dumbanunz	dumbōnunz	dumbōnō
Gen.	dumbiniz	dumbōniz	dumbiniz	dumbanǫ̂	dumbōnǫ̂	dumbanǫ̂
Dat.	dumbini	dumbōni	dumbini	dumbammaz	dumbōmaz	dumbammaz
Inst.	dumbinē	dumbōnē	dumbinē	dumbammiz	dumbōmiz	dumbammiz

Find a form

Descendants

*dumb (Proto-West Germanic)
- dump (Old Dutch)
  - dom, dumb, domb, dum (Middle Dutch)
    - dómb (Limburgish)
*dumb (Proto-West Germanic)
- dump (Old Dutch)
  - dom, dumb, domb, dum (Middle Dutch)
    - dom (Dutch)
      - dom (Afrikaans)
*dumb (Proto-West Germanic)
- dumb (Old English)
  - dumb (Middle English)
    - dumb (English)
    - dumb (Scots)
*dumb (Proto-West Germanic)
- dumb (Old Frisian)
  - dom, domme (North Frisian)
  - dum (Saterland Frisian)
  - dom (West Frisian)
*dumb (Proto-West Germanic)
- tumb (Old High German)
  - tump (Middle High German)
    - dumm (German)
    - domm (Luxembourgish)
*dumb (Proto-West Germanic)
- dumb (Old Saxon)
  - dum (Middle Low German)
    - dumm (Low German)
dumbr (Old Norse)
- dumbur (Icelandic)
- dumbur (Faroese)
- dum (Norwegian)
dumbr (Old Norse)
- dumber (Old Swedish)
  - dum (Swedish)
dumbr (Old Norse)
- dumb, dum (Old Danish)
  - dum (Danish)
𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs) (Gothic)

Explore/search these descendants

View on Wiktionary