دائم

Arabic

Root
د و م (d-w-m)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of دَامَ (dāma, “to last, to endure”), from د و م (d-w-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʔim/

Adjective

دَائِم • (dāʔim) (masculine plural دَائِمُونَ (dāʔimūna), feminine plural دَائِمَات (dāʔimāt))

1. lasting, enduring
2. endless, eternal, perpetual, everlasting
3. perennial
4. continued, continuous, continual, incessant, unceasing, constant
5. permanent, standing, established
6. durable

Declension

Declension of adjective دَائِم (dāʔim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَائِم dāʔim	الدَّائِم ad-dāʔim	دَائِمَة dāʔima	الدَّائِمَة ad-dāʔima
Nominative	دَائِمٌ dāʔimun	الدَّائِمُ ad-dāʔimu	دَائِمَةٌ dāʔimatun	الدَّائِمَةُ ad-dāʔimatu
Accusative	دَائِمًا dāʔiman	الدَّائِمَ ad-dāʔima	دَائِمَةً dāʔimatan	الدَّائِمَةَ ad-dāʔimata
Genitive	دَائِمٍ dāʔimin	الدَّائِمِ ad-dāʔimi	دَائِمَةٍ dāʔimatin	الدَّائِمَةِ ad-dāʔimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَائِمَيْن dāʔimayn	الدَّائِمَيْن ad-dāʔimayn	دَائِمَتَيْن dāʔimatayn	الدَّائِمَتَيْن ad-dāʔimatayn
Nominative	دَائِمَانِ dāʔimāni	الدَّائِمَانِ ad-dāʔimāni	دَائِمَتَانِ dāʔimatāni	الدَّائِمَتَانِ ad-dāʔimatāni
Accusative	دَائِمَيْنِ dāʔimayni	الدَّائِمَيْنِ ad-dāʔimayni	دَائِمَتَيْنِ dāʔimatayni	الدَّائِمَتَيْنِ ad-dāʔimatayni
Genitive	دَائِمَيْنِ dāʔimayni	الدَّائِمَيْنِ ad-dāʔimayni	دَائِمَتَيْنِ dāʔimatayni	الدَّائِمَتَيْنِ ad-dāʔimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَائِمِين dāʔimīn	الدَّائِمِين ad-dāʔimīn	دَائِمَات dāʔimāt	الدَّائِمَات ad-dāʔimāt
Nominative	دَائِمُونَ dāʔimūna	الدَّائِمُونَ ad-dāʔimūna	دَائِمَاتٌ dāʔimātun	الدَّائِمَاتُ ad-dāʔimātu
Accusative	دَائِمِينَ dāʔimīna	الدَّائِمِينَ ad-dāʔimīna	دَائِمَاتٍ dāʔimātin	الدَّائِمَاتِ ad-dāʔimāti
Genitive	دَائِمِينَ dāʔimīna	الدَّائِمِينَ ad-dāʔimīna	دَائِمَاتٍ dāʔimātin	الدَّائِمَاتِ ad-dāʔimāti

Descendants

• Maltese: dejjem
• → Azerbaijani: daim
• → Persian: دائم
• → Ottoman Turkish: دائم
  • → Turkish: daim
• → Uyghur: دائىم (da'im)
• → Uzbek: doim

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَائِم (dāʔim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.ˈʔim]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ʔɪ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ʔɪ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.jɪ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.jím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.ʔém]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.ʔím]

Readings
Classical reading?	dā'im
Dari reading?	dā'im
Iranian reading?	dâ'em
Tajik reading?	doʾim

Adjective

دائم • (dâ'em)

1. permanent

   Synonym: دائمی (dâ'emi)

   نماینده دائم ― namâyande-ye dâ'em ― permanent representative

Derived terms

• دائما (dâ'eman)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دائم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim