seemen

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Ingrian

Seemeniä.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seemen. Cognates include Finnish siemen and Estonian seeme.

Pronunciation

Noun

seemen

  1. 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 5/keeli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative seemen seemenet
genitive seemenen seemeniin, seemenilöin
partitive seementä, seement seemeniä, seemenilöjä
illative seemenee seemenii, seemenilöihe
inessive seemenees seemeniis, seemenilöis
elative seemenest seemenist, seemenilöist
allative seemenelle seemenille, seemenilöille
adessive seemeneel seemeniil, seemenilöil
ablative seemenelt seemenilt, seemenilöilt
translative seemeneks seemeniks, seemenilöiks
essive seemenennä, seemeneen seemeninnä, seemenilöinnä, seemeniin, seemenilöin
exessive1) seemenent seemenint, seemenilöint
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

Verb

seemen (third-person singular present seemt, past participle geseemt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to hem

Conjugation

Regular
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

  1. plural of seeman

Etymology 2

Verb

seemen

  1. Alternative form of semen (to seem)

Võro

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *seemen.

Noun

seemen (genitive siimne, partitive seemend)

  1. seed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.