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duma

duma

See also: dumā and d'uma

English

Noun

duma (plural dumas)

  1. The lower house of the Federal Assembly, or the Russian national parliament.
  2. A drink mixing wine and vodka, name taken from the above.

Translations

Anagrams


Hausa

Noun

dumā m (plural dumame)

  1. calabash, gourd, pumpkin

Verb

dumā̀ (grade 1)

  1. To put one's mouth deeply into something
  2. (with an indirect object) To strike a person with something

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdumɒ]
  • Hyphenation: du‧ma

Etymology 1

From the Russian ду́ма (dúma, duma).

Noun

duma (plural dumák)

  1. duma
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative duma dumák
accusative dumát dumákat
dative dumának dumáknak
instrumental dumával dumákkal
causal-final dumáért dumákért
translative dumává dumákká
terminative dumáig dumákig
essive-formal dumaként dumákként
essive-modal
inessive dumában dumákban
superessive dumán dumákon
adessive dumánál dumáknál
illative dumába dumákba
sublative dumára dumákra
allative dumához dumákhoz
elative dumából dumákból
delative dumáról dumákról
ablative dumától dumáktól
Possessive forms of duma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dumám dumáim
2nd person sing. dumád dumáid
3rd person sing. dumája dumái
1st person plural dumánk dumáink
2nd person plural dumátok dumáitok
3rd person plural dumájuk dumáik

Etymology 2

From Romani dumа (speech), from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *duma.

Noun

duma (plural dumák)

  1. (colloquial) talk, chat
  2. (colloquial) bullshit, lie
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative duma dumák
accusative dumát dumákat
dative dumának dumáknak
instrumental dumával dumákkal
causal-final dumáért dumákért
translative dumává dumákká
terminative dumáig dumákig
essive-formal dumaként dumákként
essive-modal
inessive dumában dumákban
superessive dumán dumákon
adessive dumánál dumáknál
illative dumába dumákba
sublative dumára dumákra
allative dumához dumákhoz
elative dumából dumákból
delative dumáról dumákról
ablative dumától dumáktól
Possessive forms of duma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dumám dumáim
2nd person sing. dumád dumáid
3rd person sing. dumája dumái
1st person plural dumánk dumáink
2nd person plural dumátok dumáitok
3rd person plural dumájuk dumáik
Derived terms

Latvian

Adjective

duma

  1. (dialectal form) genitive singular masculine form of dums
  2. (dialectal form) nominative singular feminine form of dums

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *duma.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: du‧ma

Noun

duma f

  1. pride (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one)

Declension


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier d'uma, de (of) + uma (feminine singular indefinite article)

Pronunciation

Contraction

duma f

  1. Contraction of de uma (pertaining or relating to a).of a; from a (feminine singular)
    • 1877, Unknwon, A boneca, compiled in Contos para a Infância, Guerra Junqueiro:
      Deixe-me agora, leitor, contar-lhe uma história — a história duma boneca!
      Now let me, reader, tell you a story - the story of a doll!

See also

  • dum (masculine form)
  • dumas (plural form)
  • duns (masculine plural form)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: du‧ma

Noun

duma (n class, plural duma)

  1. cheetah

Zulu

Etymology 1

Relative

-duma

  1. tasteless, flavourless
Inflection
Relative concord
Modifier Copulative
1st singular engiduma ngiduma
2nd singular oduma uduma
1st plural esiduma siduma
2nd plural eniduma niduma
Class 1 oduma uduma
Class 2 abaduma baduma
Class 3 oduma uduma
Class 4 eduma iduma
Class 5 eliduma liduma
Class 6 aduma aduma
Class 7 esiduma siduma
Class 8 eziduma ziduma
Class 9 eduma iduma
Class 10 eziduma ziduma
Class 11 oluduma luduma
Class 14 obuduma buduma
Class 15 okuduma kuduma
Class 17 okuduma kuduma

Etymology 2

Verb

-duma

  1. to be noisy
  2. to roar, to thunder
  3. to be famous, to be reknowned
Inflection

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