бедем

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدن (beden) (Turkish beden), from Arabic بَدَن (badan, “body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛdɛm]
• Hyphenation: бе‧дем

Noun

бедем • (bedem) m (plural бедеми)

1. bulwark, rampart
2. (figurative) protection

Declension

Declension of бедем

	singular	plural
indefinite	бедем (bedem)	бедеми (bedemi)
definite unspecified	бедемот (bedemot)	бедемите (bedemite)
definite proximal	бедемов (bedemov)	бедемиве (bedemive)
definite distal	бедемон (bedemon)	бедемине (bedemine)
vocative	бедему (bedemu)	бедеми (bedemi)
count form	—	бедема (bedema)

References

• “бедем” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• Belčev, Tole (2016) “бедем”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 32

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بدن (beden) (Turkish beden), from Arabic بَدَن (badan, “body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bědem/
• Hyphenation: бе‧дем

Noun

бѐдем m (Latin spelling bèdem)

1. rampart

Declension

Declension of бедем

	singular	plural
nominative	бедем	бедеми
genitive	бедема	бедема
dative	бедему	бедемима
accusative	бедем	бедеме
vocative	бедеме	бедеми
locative	бедему	бедемима
instrumental	бедемом	бедемима

References

• “бедем”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025