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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥. Cognates include Lithuanian sė́muo and Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (manasēþs, “human flock, literally: human seed”).
Noun
*sě̀mę n
- seed
Declension
Declension of *sě̀mę (n-stem, accent paradigm a)
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*sě̀mę
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*sě̀meni
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*sě̀menā
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| genitive
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*sě̀mene
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*sě̀menu
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*sě̀menъ
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| dative
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*sě̀meni
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*sě̀menьma
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*sě̀menьmъ
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| accusative
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*sě̀mę
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*sě̀meni
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*sě̀menā
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| instrumental
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*sě̀menьmь
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*sě̀menьma
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*sě̀menȳ
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| locative
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*sě̀mene
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*sě̀menu
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*sě̀menьxъ
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| vocative
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*sě̀mę
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*sě̀meni
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*sě̀menā
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Derived terms
- *sěmenitъ (“prolific, copious”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѣмѧ (sěmę)
- Old Ruthenian: сѣмѧ (sěmja), сѣмє (sěmje)
- Russian: се́мя (sémja)
- Old Novgorodian: сѣмѧ (sěmę)
- Old Pskovian: сѣмѧ (śæmę)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Glagolitic script: ⱄⱑⰿⱔ (sěmę)
- Old Cyrillic script: сѣмѧ (sěmę)
- Bulgarian: се́ме (séme)
- Macedonian: семе (seme)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: се̏ме
- Latin script: sȅme
- Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: sȉme
- Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: sȅma
- Slovene: sẹ́me (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic: