madem

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معدن (maden), from Arabic مَعْدِن (maʕdin).

Noun edit

madem n (plural mademuri)

(obsolete) metal, ore
(obsolete) mine, pit

Declension edit

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 edit

madem in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

medem (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)

Etymology edit

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 edit

madem

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) same

Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

mademki

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).

Conjunction edit

madem

(used in the beginning of the sentence) now that

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