dem

§PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛm

§PronounEdit

dem

1. Nonstandard spelling of them.
   • 2007 February 25, Sia Michel, “Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire”:

     Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.

§DeterminerEdit

dem

1. Nonstandard spelling of them. (in the sense of "those")

   What are dem fings doing 'ere?

2. (Carribean, MLE, slang) (clitic, postfix) A group of.
   • 2009, Dizzee Rascal, Chillin' Wiv Da Man Dem,

     Chillin' wiv da man dem

     Jammin' wiv da man dem

     It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem

   • 2010, Plan B, Stay Too Long,

     I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks,

     Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.

§AnagramsEdit

• DME, D. Me.; Edm, EDM; med, Med, MEd

§EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *dama, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Irish damh, Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Latin domō, English tame).

§NounEdit

dem m (indefinite plural dema, definite singular demi)

1. bull
2. main load-bearing beam in a floor

§SynonymsEdit

• ter

§PronounEdit

dem (nominative de, possessive deres)

1. them (3rd person plural, objective case)

§See alsoEdit

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /deːm/ (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /dem/, /dəm/ (unstressed)

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§ArticleEdit

dem (definite)

1. the; dative singular masculine of der
2. the; dative singular neuter of das

§DeclensionEdit

§PronounEdit

dem (relative)

1. dative singular masculine of der
2. dative singular neuter of das

§DeclensionEdit

§External linksEdit

• dem in Duden online

§EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Welsh dydd, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի (ti) and Sanskrit दीति (dīti, “brightness; time”).

§NounEdit

dem f

1. time

§VerbEdit

dem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

§RafsiEdit

dem

1. rafsi of denmi.

§DeterminerEdit

dem m

1. unstressed form of deem

§DeclensionEdit

§EtymologyEdit

From English them.

§PronounEdit

dem

1. them, they

§PronounEdit

dem

1. them

§PronounEdit

dem

1. them

§ReferencesEdit

• Speak Norfolk Today: an Encyclopaedia of the Norfolk Island Language‎, by Alice Buffett, 1999.

§PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/

§PronounEdit

dem (third-person plural)

1. them; accusative or dative of de

§DeclensionEdit

§EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *täm.

§NounEdit

dem

1. breath