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Damask
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See also: damask
English
Adjective
Damask (comparative more Damask, superlative most Damask)
- Relating to, or originating at, the city of Damascus.
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Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dàmask m inan (Cyrillic spelling Да̀маск)
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Declension
Declension of Damask
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Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from Aramaic דרמשק (darmeśeq, “well-watered place”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Damask m inan (genitive singular Damasku, declension pattern of dub)
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Declension
Declension of Damask
Related terms
- Damašťan / Damašťanka
- damaský, damascénsky
References
- “Damask”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Damȃsk m inan
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Declension
| The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
Related terms
- Damaščàn / Damaščánka
- damaščánski
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