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

	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

• medem (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)

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

• mademki

Etymology

From Arabic مَا دَامَ (mā dāma).

Conjunction

madem

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