semje

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• seḿe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmʲɛ/, [ˈsɛmʲə]

Noun

semje n inan (genitive singular semjenja)

1. seed
2. (specifically) linseed

Declension

declension of semje

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	semje	semjeni	semjenja
Genitive	semjenja	semjenjowu	semjenjow
Dative	semjenjeju	semjenjoma	semjenjam
Accusative	semje	semjeni	semjenja
Instrumental	semjenim	semjenjoma	semjenjami
Locative	semjenju	semjenjoma	semjenjach

References

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “seḿe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “semje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (verb): semja (split and a-infinitives)
• (noun): Semja, semja, semju (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse semja, from Proto-Germanic *samjaną.

Noun

semje f (definite singular semja, indefinite plural semjer, definite plural semjene)

1. agreement

Verb

semje (present tense sem, past tense samde, past participle samt, passive infinitive semjast, present participle semjande, imperative sem)

1. make agree, unite, reconcile

Related terms

• semjast

References

• “semje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.