тем

From Proto-Slavic *těmъ (pl. dat. of demonstrative *tъ) with e-kavian pronunciation.

• IPA^(key): [tɛm]
• Rhymes: -ɛm

тем • (tem) (personal)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of тям (tjam)

   да́вам тем уро́к ― dávam tem urók ― to give them a lesson

   тем подо́бни ― tem podóbni ― similar [to] them

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *tʲem ~ *tʲam (“goose”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /¹tem/, [teˑm˧]

тем (tēm) m (plural тэмн)

1. goose (kind of bird)

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 260
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 376

• IPA^(key): [tʲem]

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• тѣмъ (těm) — pre-1918 spelling

тем • (tem) (demonstrative)

1. inflection of тот (tot):
   1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular
   2. dative plural

тем • (tem) (demonstrative)

1. inflection of тот (tot):
   1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular
   2. dative plural

тем • (tem) n inan sg (demonstrative)

1. instrumental of то (to)

тем • (tem)

1. (in the following construction with чем (čem)) the (to that degree, to the same degree)

   Чем бо́льше ты улыба́ешься, тем лу́чше жизнь. ― Čem bólʹše ty ulybáješʹsja, tem lúčše žiznʹ. ― The more you smile, the better life is.

тем • (tem) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of те́ма (téma)

тем • (tem) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of тьма (tʹma)

From Proto-Turkic *teb (“time; initial, early”).

Compare to Bashkir тәү (təw, “initial, first”), Bashkir тәүлек (təwlek, “24 hours”); Tuvan теппиже (teppije, “ahead of time, before due time”).

тем • (tem)

1. time

From Armenian թեմ (tʻem).

тем • (tem)

1. (archaic) diocese

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “тем”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Baku: Academy Press, page 204

• IPA^(key): [tɛm]

тем • (tem) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of те́ма (téma)

тем • (tem) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of тьма (tʹma)