duum

See also: duûm and düüm

Gagauz

Etymology

By surface analysis, duu- +‎ -um. Compare Turkish doğum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːm/

Noun

duum (definite accusative duumu, plural duumnar)

  1. birth
    bırası benim duum erim
    this is my birth place
  2. birth rate
  3. sunrise

Declension

Declension of duum
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) duum duumnar
definite accusative (belirtme) duumu duumnarı
dative (yönelme) duuma duumnara
locative (bulunma) duumda duumnarda
ablative (çıkma) duumdan duumnardan
genitive (tamlayan) duumun duumnarın

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “дуум”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 165
  • Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “duum”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 58

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

duum

  1. genitive masculine/neuter of duo
    • 3rd century BCE, Gnaeus Naevius, Tarentilla:
      Salvi et fortunati sitis duo duum nostrum patres!
      Good day, good luck to you, the two fathers of us two!
    • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 37.16.6:
      Praetervecti moenia portum Phoenicunta, minus duum milium spatio inde distantem, petiere, navibus a maritima vi tutum
      • 1935 translation by Evan T. Sage
        Passing the walls they made for the port of Phoenicus, less than two miles distant from there, which was sheltered for the ships from the violence of the sea
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Paralipomenon II.21.20:
      triginta duum annorum fuit cum regnare coepisset et octo annis regnavit in Hierusalem ambulavitque non recte et sepelierunt eum in civitate David verumtamen non in sepulchro regum
      he was thirty-two years old when he began to reign and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem he walked in a way that was not right and they buried him in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings

Derived terms

Sundanese

Verb

duum

  1. to divide
  2. to split
  3. to be lazy