jigem

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃi.ˈɡem]

Noun

jigem (nominative plural jigems)

1. sister

Declension

declension of jigem

	singular	plural
nominative	jigem	jigems
genitive	jigema	jigemas
dative	jigeme	jigemes
accusative	jigemi	jigemis
vocative 1	o jigem!	o jigems!
predicative 2	jigemu	jigemus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Synonyms

• jiblod (“sister”)
• sör (“sister”)

Hypernyms

• gem (“sibling”)

Coordinate terms

• blod (“brother”)
• higem (“brother”)

Derived terms

• (collective) jigemef (“(group of) sisters”)

Related terms

• (collective) gemef (“brother(s) and/or sister(s)”)
• (adjective) gemik (“sibling”)