adem

See also: Adem, ADEM, and Âdem

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦝꦼꦩ꧀ (adhem).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adəm/
• Rhymes: -dəm, -əm

Adjective

adem

1. cold (having a low temperature)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdəm/

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• Hyphenation: adem
• Rhymes: -aːdəm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch âdem, from Old Dutch *āthom, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

Noun

adem m (uncountable)

1. breath

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) asem
• (obsolete) aâm

Derived terms

• adembenemend
• ademen
• ademhalen
• ademnood
• ademtocht

Further reading

• “adem” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

adem

1. inflection of ademen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• dame, made

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦝꦼꦩ꧀ (adhem, “cold”), from Old Javanese aḍom, aḍĕm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.dəm/, [ˈa.dəm]
• Rhymes: -dəm
• Hyphenation: adêm

Adjective

adêm

1. cold

   Synonym: dingin

2. cool

   Synonym: sejuk

3. patient
4. plain

   Synonyms: hambar, tawar

Derived terms

• mengadem
• seadem
• teradem

 

• adem ayem

 

Further reading

• “adem” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kalasha

Noun

adem

1. Adam (the first man)

Coordinate terms

• bibiawa

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *āthom, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

Noun

âdem m

1. breath

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• âdemen

Descendants

• Dutch: adem
• Limburgish: aodem, aom

Further reading

• “adem”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “adem”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ãade, from Latin anatem (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dẽj̃/ [ˈa.dẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɐ̃j̃/ [ˈa.ðɐ̃j̃]

• Hyphenation: a‧dem

Noun

adem m (plural adens)

1. mallard (Anas platyrhynchos, a wild species of duck)

   Synonym: pato-real

Descendants

• → Macanese: ade

Further reading

• “adem” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “adem”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “adem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عدم, from Arabic عَدَم (ʕadam).

Noun

adem (definite accusative ademi, plural ademler)

1. (archaic) nonexistence, nothingness, void
2. (archaic) lack, absence

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	adem
Definite accusative	ademi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adem	ademler
Definite accusative	ademi	ademleri
Dative	ademe	ademlere
Locative	ademde	ademlerde
Ablative	ademden	ademlerden
Genitive	ademin	ademlerin

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عدم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 841
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “adem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عدم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1289
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN