See also: Gemma

English

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Gemmae on a leaf tip of Syntrichia papillosa

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (bud on a plant). Doublet of gem and Gemma.

Noun

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gemma (plural gemmas or gemmae)

  1. (biology) An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.
    Synonym: (archaic) gemmule
    • 1969, Rudolf Mathias Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume 1, Columbia University Press, page 527:
      I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.
    • 1990, Anthony John Edwin Smith, The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, page 2:
      Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape.
      According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.
    • 2005, R. N. Chopra, Biology of Bryophytes, page 32:
      In Marchantia polymorpha, high temperature promotes germination of gemmae (Dacknowski, 1907), and heat absorbed by the gemmae accelerates their germination (Fitting, 1942).

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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First person plural of geh + ma (unstressed form of first person plural nominative mia). Literally, go we.

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Verb

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gemma

  1. Contraction of geh ma.

Interjection

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gemma

  1. come on!, let's go!
    Gemma, gemma! Des schåff ma!Come on, let's go! We can do this!

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin gemma.

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Noun

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gemma f (plural gemmes)

  1. gem, jewel
  2. (botany) bud
  3. (biology) gemma

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Interlingua

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Noun

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gemma (plural gemmas)

  1. gem

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmma
  • Hyphenation: gèm‧ma

Etymology 1

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From Latin gemma.

Noun

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gemma f (plural gemme)

  1. (botany) bud
  2. gem, jewel
  3. (figurative) gem (precious or highly valued thing or person)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gemma

  1. inflection of gemmare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • gemma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibilities include:

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Noun

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gemma f (genitive gemmae); first declension

  1. A bud or eye of a plant.
  2. A gem, gemstone, jewel, precious stone.
  3. A thing made of precious stones.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gemma gemmae
Genitive gemmae gemmārum
Dative gemmae gemmīs
Accusative gemmam gemmās
Ablative gemmā gemmīs
Vocative gemma gemmae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Asturian: xema, ema
  • Catalan: gemma
  • Danish: gemme
  • French: gemme
  • English: gemma (learned)
  • Interlingua: gemma
  • Italian: gemma
  • Russian: гемма (gemma)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: gema
  • Old Spanish: yema
  • Spanish: gema (learned)
    • Catalan: gema (dialectal, Castilianism)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *gimmu (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gemma”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257:PIE *ǵeb-m-
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zębnǫti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 543

Further reading

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  • gemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gemma 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)
  • gemma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the trees are budding: gemmae proveniunt
  • gemma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gemma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin