"семя" meaning in Russian

See семя in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsʲemʲə] Audio: Ru-семя.ogg
Rhymes: -emʲə Etymology: From Old East Slavic сѣмѧ (sěmę), from Proto-Slavic *sěmę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥, whence English seed and semen. Etymology templates: {{root|ru|ine-pro|*seh₁-}}, {{inh|ru|orv|сѣмѧ}} Old East Slavic сѣмѧ (sěmę), {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*sěmę}} Proto-Slavic *sěmę, {{inh|ru|ine-bsl-pro|*sḗˀmen}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀmen, {{inh|ru|ine-pro|*séh₁mn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ Head templates: {{ru-noun+|c|се́мя|adj=семенно́й|dim=се́мечко|gen_pl=семя́н}} се́мя • (sémja) n inan (genitive се́мени, nominative plural семена́, genitive plural семя́н, relational adjective семенно́й, diminutive се́мечко) Forms: се́мя [canonical], sémja [romanization], се́мени [genitive], семена́ [nominative, plural], семя́н [genitive, plural], семенно́й [adjective, relational], се́мечко [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], се́мя [nominative, singular], семена́ [nominative, plural], се́мени [genitive, singular], семя́н [genitive, irregular, plural], се́мени [dative, singular], семена́м [dative, plural], се́мя [accusative, singular], семена́ [accusative, plural], се́менем [instrumental, singular], семена́ми [instrumental, plural], се́мени [prepositional, singular], семена́х [plural, prepositional], сѣ́мя [alternative]
  1. seed (also figurative)
    Sense id: en-семя-ru-noun-MCxSXVFO Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern c, Russian nouns with irregular genitive plural, Russian н-declension, Botany Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern c: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with irregular genitive plural: 53 47 Disambiguation of Russian н-declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Botany: 45 55
  2. semen
    Sense id: en-семя-ru-noun-LDLBVs8a Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern c, Russian nouns with irregular genitive plural, Russian н-declension, Bodily fluids, Botany Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 45 55 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern c: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with irregular genitive plural: 53 47 Disambiguation of Russian н-declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 43 57 Disambiguation of Botany: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: осеменя́ть (osemenjátʹ) [verb], семенни́к (semenník) [noun], льносе́мя (lʹnosémja) [noun] Related terms: се́ять (séjatʹ) [verb], семени́ть (semenítʹ) [verb] 
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          "semen",
          "semen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʲemʲə]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-семя.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/Ru-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F.ogg/Ru-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Ru-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8F.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-emʲə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "семя"
}

Download raw JSONL data for семя meaning in Russian (5.1kB)

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