medet

Finnish

Noun

medet

1. nominative plural of mesi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مدد (meded, “help, aid, a helper, reinforcement, inter.; 'Help!'”),^[1][2] from Arabic مَدَد (madad, “help, assistance”).^[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdet/
• Hyphenation: me‧det

Noun

medet (definite accusative mededi, plural medetler)

1. Help, assistance, aid.

   Synonyms: yardım, imdat, (regional) kömek, (dated) muavenet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	medet
Definite accusative	mededi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	medet	medetler
Definite accusative	mededi	medetleri
Dative	medede	medetlere
Locative	medette	medetlerde
Ablative	medetten	medetlerden
Genitive	mededin	medetlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mededim medetlerim 2nd singular mededin medetlerin 3rd singular mededi medetleri 1st plural mededimiz medetlerimiz 2nd plural medediniz medetleriniz 3rd plural medetleri medetleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mededimi medetlerimi 2nd singular mededini medetlerini 3rd singular mededini medetlerini 1st plural mededimizi medetlerimizi 2nd plural mededinizi medetlerinizi 3rd plural medetlerini medetlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mededime medetlerime 2nd singular mededine medetlerine 3rd singular mededine medetlerine 1st plural mededimize medetlerimize 2nd plural mededinize medetlerinize 3rd plural medetlerine medetlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mededimde medetlerimde 2nd singular mededinde medetlerinde 3rd singular mededinde medetlerinde 1st plural mededimizde medetlerimizde 2nd plural mededinizde medetlerinizde 3rd plural medetlerinde medetlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mededimden medetlerimden 2nd singular mededinden medetlerinden 3rd singular mededinden medetlerinden 1st plural mededimizden medetlerimizden 2nd plural mededinizden medetlerinizden 3rd plural medetlerinden medetlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mededimin medetlerimin 2nd singular mededinin medetlerinin 3rd singular mededinin medetlerinin 1st plural mededimizin medetlerimizin 2nd plural mededinizin medetlerinizin 3rd plural medetlerinin medetlerinin

Derived terms

• medet ummak
• uçan kuştan medet ummak

 

Related terms

• müddet
• mütemadi

 

Interjection

medet!

1. Help!

   Synonym: İmdat!

References

1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مدد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1786
2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مدد”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1140
3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “medet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• “medet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “medet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3106