# \*dmy 1, \*ʾa-dVm(-Vt)- 2: 'to resemble, be like' 1, 'likeness, shape, image, figure' 2 > Proto-Semitic *dmy 1, *ʾa-dVm(-Vt)- 2, 'to resemble, be like' 1, 'likeness, shape, image, figure' 2: reflexes in 10 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [D](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*dmy 1, \*ʾa-dVm(-Vt)- 2 | | Meaning | 'to resemble, be like' 1, 'likeness, shape, image, figure' 2 | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 2604 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | ʔadm- 'model, example to imitate' \[BK 1 19\] | BK 1 19 | | | Akkadian | damtu (dattu) LL | | gloss withheld | | Tigre | dumät \[LH 516\] | LH 516 | gloss withheld | | Mandaic Aramaic | DMA, dmu, dmut(a) \[DM 111\] | DM 111 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | dǝmūt, dāmā | | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | dǝmūt(ā) 'resemblance, image, esp. man's divine image' \[Ja 312\] | Ja 312 | | | Syrian Aramaic | dǝmā 'he/she/it was similar', dāmǝyā 'it seems, it is likely', dumyā 'likeness; image, figure, form', dǝmūtā 'image/likeness; image, form; example' \[Brock 156\] | Brock 156 | | | Aramaic | DMY (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. dmy) | Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. dmy | gloss withheld | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic dmyt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 64); dmy; Thamudic B dmyt (Al-Jallad 2026, 34) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 64; Al-Jallad 2026 34 | gloss withheld | | Biblical Aramaic | dmh 1 (HALOT BArm. s.v. דמה) | HALOT BArm. s.v. דמה | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [D]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/d/2351_to_resemble_be_like_1_likeness_shape_image_figur/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.