saime
English
editNoun
editsaime
- Alternative form of seim
Estonian
editVerb
editsaime
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *śeimā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-meh₂ (“settlement, village; family”), from the root *tḱey- (“to lie down; to settle, inhabit”). Cognate to Lithuanian šeima (“family”), Russian семья (semʹja), English home. Compare kaimas.
Noun
editsaime f (5th declension)
Declension
editDeclension of saime (5th declension)
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Old French
editEtymology
editFrom saim / saïm / sain, from Latin sagīna.
Noun
editsaime oblique singular, f (oblique plural saimes, nominative singular saime, nominative plural saimes)
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