madem

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

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • medem (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)

Etymology

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.

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
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