madem

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Romanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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madem n (plural mademuri)

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

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative madem mademul mademuri mademurile
genitive-dative madem mademului mademuri mademurilor
vocative mademule mademurilor

References

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

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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madem

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) same

Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).

Conjunction

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madem

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