siemen
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *seemen, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥. Doublet of hieman.
Pronunciation
Noun
siemen
- (botany) seed (fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant)
- pit (seed inside a fruit; stone or pip inside a fruit)
- Synonym: kivi
- (horticulture, as modifier) seed, set (small tuber or bulb used for planting)
- siemenperuna ― seed potato / potato set
- (dated) Synonym of siemenneste (“semen”).
- (figuratively) element, hint (small but present amount of a quality)
- epäilyksen siemen ― element of doubt
- (figuratively) germ, seed (origin or earliest version of an idea or project)
Declension
| Inflection of siemen (Kotus type 32/sisar, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | siemen | siemenet | |
| genitive | siemenen | siemenien siementen | |
| partitive | siementä | siemeniä | |
| illative | siemeneen | siemeniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | siemen | siemenet | |
| accusative | nom. | siemen | siemenet |
| gen. | siemenen | ||
| genitive | siemenen | siemenien siementen | |
| partitive | siementä | siemeniä | |
| inessive | siemenessä | siemenissä | |
| elative | siemenestä | siemenistä | |
| illative | siemeneen | siemeniin | |
| adessive | siemenellä | siemenillä | |
| ablative | siemeneltä | siemeniltä | |
| allative | siemenelle | siemenille | |
| essive | siemenenä | siemeninä | |
| translative | siemeneksi | siemeniksi | |
| abessive | siemenettä | siemenittä | |
| instructive | — | siemenin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- auringonkukansiemen
- hampunsiemen
- heinänsiemen
- ispagulansiemen
- kanariansiemen
- kauransiemen
- kurpitsansiemen
- kylvösiemen
- linnunsiemen
- lupiininsiemen
- männynsiemen
- ohransiemen
- omenansiemen
- pellavansiemen
- pellavansiemenöljy
- perunansiemen
- piimänsiemen
- pinjansiemen
- rapsinsiemen
- rukiinsiemen
- satunnaissiemen
- seesaminsiemen
- sellerinsiemen
- siemenaihe
- siemenheitto
- siemenholvi
- siemenjohdin
- siemenjyvä
- siemenkakku
- siemenkasvi
- siemenkauppa
- siemenkaura
- siemenkota
- siemenkuitu
- siemenkuori
- siemenleipä
- siemenlevintäinen
- siemenluku
- siemenneste
- siemenohra
- siemenpankki
- siemenperuna
- siemenpuu
- siemenpuusto
- siemenruis
- siemensato
- siemensolu
- siemensyntyinen
- siemensyöjä
- siemensyöksy
- siementarkastus
- siementiede
- siementuotanto
- siemenvaippa
- siemenvalkuainen
- siemenvesi
- siemenvilja
- siemenviljelmä
- siemenviljely
- siemenviljelys
- siemenvuosi
- sinapinsiemen
- unikonsiemen
See also
Further reading
- “siemen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Karelian
Noun
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