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madem

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

madem n (plural mademuri)

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

Declension

Declension of madem
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative madem mademul mademuri mademurile
genitive-dative madem mademului 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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met + ipse + -issimus. Compare Ladin medemo, Friulian medem, Italian medesimo, Venetan medemo, medesino, Lombard medemm, Piedmontese midem, Romagnol medësum, French même, Portuguese mesmo, Spanish mismo.

Adjective

madem

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) same

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).

Conjunction

madem

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