"temei" meaning in Romanian

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Noun

IPA: /teˈmej/
Rhymes: -ej Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic темель (temelĭ), from Byzantine Greek θεμέλιον (themélion), from Ancient Greek θεμέλιος (themélios). Doublet of temelie. Compare Serbo-Croatian temelj. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|cu|темель}} Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic темель (temelĭ), {{der|ro|gkm|θεμέλιον}} Byzantine Greek θεμέλιον (themélion), {{der|ro|grc|θεμέλιος}} Ancient Greek θεμέλιος (themélios), {{dbt|ro|temelie}} Doublet of temelie, {{cog|sh|temelj}} Serbo-Croatian temelj Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|uri}} temei n (plural temeiuri) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=temeiurilor|gpi=temeiuri|gsd=temeiului|gsi=temei|n=|npd=temeiurile|npi=temeiuri|nsd=temeiul|nsi=temei|vp=temeiurilor|vs=temeiule|vs2=}} Forms: temeiuri [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], temei [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], temeiul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], temeiuri [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], temeiurile [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], temei [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], temeiului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], temeiuri [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], temeiurilor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], temeiule [singular, vocative], temeiurilor [plural, vocative]
  1. grounds, basis Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-temei-ro-noun-spIUD7h6 Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 31 24 23 23
  2. (obsolete or regional) synonym of temelie (“foundation, base”) Tags: neuter, obsolete, regional Synonyms: temelie [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-temei-ro-noun-oXu1q142 Categories (other): Regional Romanian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cu temei, întemeia, temeinic
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /teˈmej/, /ˈte.mej/, /teˈmej/
Rhymes: -ej, -emej, -ej
  1. inflection of temă (“theme”):
    indefinite plural
    Tags: form-of, indefinite, plural Form of: temă (extra: (“theme”):)
    Sense id: en-temei-ro-noun-gsEEZm1W
  2. inflection of temă (“theme”):
    indefinite genitive/dative singular
    Tags: dative, form-of, genitive, indefinite, singular Form of: temă (extra: (“theme”):)
    Sense id: en-temei-ro-noun-JpO9ry~L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "ipa": "/teˈmej/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ej"
    }
  ],
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}

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    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-emej"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/teˈmej/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ej"
    }
  ],
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}
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  ],
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/teˈmej/"
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    {
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}

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