See also: сейм

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɛi̯m]
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Polish Sejm.

Proper noun

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Сейм (Sejmm inan (genitive Се́йму, uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of сейм (sejm, sejm), mainly denoting:
    1. Sejm (the lower house of the Polish parliament)
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Etymology 2

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From Old East Slavic Семь (Semĭ) / Сѣмь (Sěmĭ), of uncertain origin.[1]

Proper noun

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Сейм (Sejmm inan (genitive Се́йму, uncountable)

  1. Sejm, Seym (a river in Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts, Russia and Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts, Ukraine, а left tributary of the Desna)
  2. Sejm (a village in Kursk Oblast, Russia)
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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Семь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress