sperma
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Noun edit
sperma (plural spermata)
- Obsolete form of sperm.
- 1600, John Pory (translator), A Geographical Historie of Africa (original by Leo Africanus), page 344:
- The head of this fish is as hard as stone. The inhabitants of the Ocean sea coast affirme that this fish casteth foorth Amber; but whether the said Amber be the sperma or the excrement thereof, they cannot well determine.
- 1600, John Pory (translator), A Geographical Historie of Africa (original by Leo Africanus), page 344:
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin sperma.
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sperma n
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin sperma.
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sperma n (uncountable)
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Estonian edit
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Noun edit
sperma (genitive sperma, partitive spermat)
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), possibly through Latin sperma or German Sperma.
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Noun edit
sperma
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Inflection of sperma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sperma | spermat | ||
genitive | sperman | spermojen | ||
partitive | spermaa | spermoja | ||
illative | spermaan | spermoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sperma | spermat | ||
accusative | nom. | sperma | spermat | |
gen. | sperman | |||
genitive | sperman | spermojen spermainrare | ||
partitive | spermaa | spermoja | ||
inessive | spermassa | spermoissa | ||
elative | spermasta | spermoista | ||
illative | spermaan | spermoihin | ||
adessive | spermalla | spermoilla | ||
ablative | spermalta | spermoilta | ||
allative | spermalle | spermoille | ||
essive | spermana | spermoina | ||
translative | spermaksi | spermoiksi | ||
abessive | spermatta | spermoitta | ||
instructive | — | spermoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “sperma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin sperma.
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sperma m (plural spermi)
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- sperma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
Noun edit
sperma n (genitive spermatis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | sperma | spermata |
Genitive | spermatis | spermatum |
Dative | spermatī | spermatibus |
Accusative | sperma | spermata |
Ablative | spermate | spermatibus |
Vocative | sperma | spermata |
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References edit
- “sperma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sperma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sperma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Latvian edit
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From Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
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sperma f (4th declension)
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singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | sperma | spermas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | spermu | spermas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | spermas | spermu |
dative (datīvs) | spermai | spermām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | spermu | spermām |
locative (lokatīvs) | spermā | spermās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | sperma | spermas |
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Lithuanian edit
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From Late Latin sperma.
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spèrma f (plural spèrmos) stress pattern 1
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singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | spèrma | spèrmos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | spèrmos | spèrmų |
dative (naudininkas) | spèrmai | spèrmoms |
accusative (galininkas) | spèrmą | spèrmas |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | spèrma | spèrmomis |
locative (vietininkas) | spèrmoje | spèrmose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | spèrma | spèrmos |
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Maltese edit
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sperma f
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
Noun edit
sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
sperma
- inflection of sperme:
- simple past
- past participle
References edit
- “sperma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
Noun edit
sperma n (definite singular spermaet, uncountable)
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- “sperma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin sperma.
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sperma f
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Romanian edit
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sperma
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin sperma.
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spèrma f (Cyrillic spelling спѐрма)
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin sperma.
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Noun edit
spȇrma f
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Feminine, a-stem | ||
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nominative | spêrma | |
genitive | spêrme | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
spêrma | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
spêrmi | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
spêrmo |
Further reading edit
- “sperma”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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Noun edit
sperma c
- semen
- Synonyms: säd, sädesvätska, (slang) sarre, (slang) sagge
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Declension of sperma | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sperma | sperman | — | — |
Genitive | spermas | spermans | — | — |