דָּם m.n. 1 blood. 2 bloodshed. 3 blood-guilt. [Related to JAram. דַּם, דּֽמָא, Syr. דֶּם, רְּמָא, Ugar. dm, Arab. dam, NArab. dialects damm, dimm, Ethiop. dam, Akka. dāmu (= blood). cp. אָדָם. cp. also דמם ᴵᴵ and דַּמְדְּמָנִית. דָּם is one of the few biradical nouns in Hebrew. Other biradical nouns are אָמָה, בֵּן, דָּג, דֶּלֶת, יַד, מֵאָה, מְתִים, עֵץ, קֶשֶׁת, שָׂפָה, שַׁד, שֵׁם, שָׁנָה, שֵׁת.] Derivatives: דָּמִי, דָּמִית.