דעם
דעם
'the' (definite article; demonstrative pronoun; usually dative and accusative masculine and dative neuter singular)
ETYMOLOGY
I. Proto-Yiddish ✱dɛːm; Proto-EY ✱dɛːm; from MHG dem.
Protovowel E5.
In EY דעם was extended to the accusative as well as the dative singular, replacing an earlier accusative masculine singular דען.
II. MHG dem.