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dorma

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Icelandic

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Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from *drem- (to sleep).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dorma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dormaði, supine dormað)

    1. (intransitive) to nap, to sleep, to rest, to be idle
      Synonyms: blunda, móka

    Conjugation

    More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
    1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
    More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
    1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
    More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

    Derived terms

    • dorma sig
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    Italian

    Verb

    dorma

    1. inflection of dormire:
      1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative
      • 1926, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni, Turandot:
        Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!... Tu pure, o Principessa, nella tua fredda stanza guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore e di speranza.
        Let no one sleep!... Let no one sleep! Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.

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