saime
English
Noun
saime
- Alternative form of seim.
Estonian
Verb
saime
- first-person plural past indicative of saama
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śeimā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-meh₂ (“settlement, village; family”), from the root *tḱey- (“to lie down; to settle, inhabit”). Cognate to Lithuanian šeima (“family”), Russian семья (semʹja), English home. Compare kaimas.
Noun
saime f (5th declension)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saime | saimes |
| genitive | saimes | saimju |
| dative | saimei | saimēm |
| accusative | saimi | saimes |
| instrumental | saimi | saimēm |
| locative | saimē | saimēs |
| vocative | saime | saimes |
Related terms
References
Old French
Etymology
From saim / saïm / sain, from Latin sagīna.
Noun
saime oblique singular, f (oblique plural saimes, nominative singular saime, nominative plural saimes)