Wiktionary

madem

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

madem n (plural mademuri)

  1. (obsolete) metal, ore
  2. (obsolete) mine, pit

DeclensionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) medem

EtymologyEdit

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.

AdjectiveEdit

madem

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) same

TurkishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic مَا دَامَ‎ (mā dāma).

ConjunctionEdit

madem

  1. (used in the beginning of the sentence) now that
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