Sejm

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Polish Sejm.

Proper noun

Sejm

  1. The lower house of the Polish parliament.
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Sejm

  1. Alternative form of Seym (river)

German

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Sejm

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Sejm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɪ̯m/
  • Hyphenation: Sejm

Proper noun

Sejm m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sejms)

  1. (government) Sejm (the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland)
    • 2023 December 12, Nadia Pantel, “Antisemitischer Eklat in Warschau: Rechtsextremer Abgeordneter attackiert Chanukka-Feier im Parlament mit Feuerlöscher”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:
      Im polnischen Parlament, dem Sejm, hat ein rechtsextremer Abgeordneter am Dienstagnachmittag eine Chanukka-Feier angegriffen.
      A far-right member of the Polish parliament, the Sejm, attacked a Hanukkah celebration on Tuesday afternoon.

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Further reading

Polish

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Sejm sense 1
Sejm sense 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛjm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛjm
  • Syllabification: Sejm
  • Homophone: sejm

Etymology 1

From sejm.

Proper noun

Sejm m inan (related adjective sejmowy)

  1. (government) Sejm (the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland)
    Coordinate term: Senat
    1. Sejm (total number of people who sit in the Sejm)
    2. Sejm (building of the Sejm)
  2. (government, historical, pre-1946) the whole Polish parliament, including both houses
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Noun

Sejm m inan

  1. (government, historical) any specific gathering of the Sejm
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Descendants
  • English: Sejm
  • German: Sejm
  • Latvian: Saeima
  • Lithuanian: Seĩmas
  • Romanian: Seim
  • Russian: Сейм (Sejm)
  • Ukrainian: Сейм (Sejm)
  • Yiddish: סיים (seym)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Сейм (Sejm).

Proper noun

Sejm m inan

  1. Seym (a river in Russia and Ukraine)
Declension

Further reading

  • Sejm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Sejm in PWN's encyclopedia