See also: sejm

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From Polish Sejm.

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Sejm

  1. The lower house of the Polish parliament.

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Sejm

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Borrowed from Polish Sejm.

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

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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[1], →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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From sejm.

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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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Sejm m inan

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

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Borrowed from Russian Сейм (Sejm).

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Sejm m inan

  1. Seym (a river in Russia and Ukraine)
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Further reading edit

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