madem
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معدن (maden), from Arabic مَعْدِن (maʕdin).
Noun
madem n (plural mademuri)
- (obsolete) metal, ore
- (obsolete) mine, pit
Declension
Declension of madem
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) madem | mademul | (niște) mademuri | mademurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) madem | mademului | (unor) mademuri | mademurilor |
| vocative | mademule | mademurilor | ||
References
- madem in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) medem
Etymology
From Latin eādem (“by the same way, at the same time”), or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met + ipse + -issimus. Compare Ladin medemo, Friulian medem, Italian medesimo, Venetian medemo, medesino, Lombard medemm, Piedmontese midem, Romagnol medësum, French même, Portuguese mesmo, Spanish mismo.
Adjective
madem
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) same
Turkish
Alternative forms
- mademki
Etymology
From Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).
Conjunction
madem
- (used in the beginning of the sentence) now that