dem

PronounEdit

dem

1. Eye dialect 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. Eye dialect 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 *démh₂- ‘to tame’ (compare Latin domāre, 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

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *dī-, cognate with English time, Welsh dydd, Albanian ditë, Old Armenian տի (ti) and Sanskrit [script?] (dīti).

NounEdit

dem

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