Ingrian

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Seemeniä.

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *seemen. Cognates include Finnish siemen and Estonian seeme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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seemen

  1. seed
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Jo melkeen kaik kasvot - puut, pehot ja heinät kukkivat, antoivat seemenet, a seemenist tulovaal vootta ilmahtuut uuvvet, nooret kasvot.
      Almost all plants - trees, shrubs and grasses blossomed, gave seeds, and next year from the seeds new, young plants will appear.

Declension

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Declension of seemen (type 12/tytär, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative seemen seemenet
genitive seemenen seemeniin
partitive seementä seemeniä
illative seemenee seemenii
inessive seemenees seemeniis
elative seemenest seemenist
allative seemenelle seemenille
adessive seemeneel seemeniil
ablative seemenelt seemenilt
translative seemeneks seemeniks
essive seemenennä, seemeneen seemeninnä, seemeniin
exessive1) seemenent seemenint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 521

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German soumen. Cognate with German säumen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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seemen (third-person singular present seemt, past participle geseemt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to hem

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive seemen
participle geseemt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular seemen
2nd singular seems seem
3rd singular seemt
1st plural seemen
2nd plural seemt seemt
3rd plural seemen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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seemen

  1. plural of seeman

Etymology 2

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Verb

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seemen

  1. Alternative form of semen (to seem)

Võro

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *seemen.

Noun

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seemen (genitive siimne, partitive seemend)

  1. seed

Inflection

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.