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)
- bulwark, rampart
- (figurative) protection
Declension
| 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 inan (Latin spelling bèdem)
Declension
| 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