seemen
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *seemen. Cognates include Finnish siemen and Estonian seeme.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈseːmen/, [ˈs̠eːme̞n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈseːmen/, [ˈʃe̝ːme̞n]
- Rhymes: -eːmen
- Hyphenation: see‧men
Noun
seemen
- seed
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Jo melkeen kaik kasvot - puut, pehot ja heinät kukkivat, antoivat seemenet, a seemenist tulovaal vootta ilmahtuut uuvvet, nooret kasvot.
- Almost all plants - trees, shrubs and grasses blossomed, gave seeds, and next year from the seeds new, young plants will appear.
Declension
| Declension of seemen (type 12/tytär, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | seemen | seemenet |
| genitive | seemenen | seemeniin |
| partitive | seementä | seemeniä |
| illative | seemenee | seemenii |
| inessive | seemenees | seemeniis |
| elative | seemenest | seemenist |
| allative | seemenelle | seemenille |
| adessive | seemeneel | seemeniil |
| ablative | seemenelt | seemenilt |
| translative | seemeneks | seemeniks |
| essive | seemenennä, seemeneen | seemeninnä, seemeniin |
| exessive1) | seemenent | seemenint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 521
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German soumen. Cognate with German säumen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeːmən/
- Rhymes: -eːmən
Verb
seemen (third-person singular present seemt, past participle geseemt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to hem
Conjugation
| infinitive | seemen | |
|---|---|---|
| participle | geseemt | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | seemen | — |
| 2nd singular | seems | seem |
| 3rd singular | seemt | — |
| 1st plural | seemen | — |
| 2nd plural | seemt | seemt |
| 3rd plural | seemen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
seemen
- plural of seeman
Etymology 2
Verb
seemen
- alternative form of semen (“to seem”)
Võro
Alternative forms
- seemeq
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *seemen.
Noun
seemen (genitive siimne, partitive seemend)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.