saime

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

saime

  1. Alternative form of seim

Estonian[edit]

Verb[edit]

saime

  1. first-person plural past indicative of saama

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 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[edit]

saime f (5th declension)

  1. family
  2. household
  3. servants
  4. domestics

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From saim / saïm / sain, from Latin sagīna.

Noun[edit]

saime oblique singularf (oblique plural saimes, nominative singular saime, nominative plural saimes)

  1. fat, cream