sesam
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sesam m (plural sesams, diminutive sesammetje n)
Derived terms
Noun
sesam m (uncountable)
- sesame, seeds
Synonyms
- (seed): sesamzaad
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sesam
Faroese
Etymology
From Latin sīsamum, variant of sēsama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌 (/šaman/, “oil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sesam n (genitive singular sesams, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of sesam (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sesam | sesamið |
accusative | sesam | sesamið |
dative | sesami | sesaminum |
genitive | sesams | sesamsins |
Derived terms
Finnish
Noun
sesam
Declension
Inflection of sesam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sesam | sesamit | |
genitive | sesamin | sesamien | |
partitive | sesamia | sesameja | |
illative | sesamiin | sesameihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sesam | sesamit | |
accusative | nom. | sesam | sesamit |
gen. | sesamin | ||
genitive | sesamin | sesamien | |
partitive | sesamia | sesameja | |
inessive | sesamissa | sesameissa | |
elative | sesamista | sesameista | |
illative | sesamiin | sesameihin | |
adessive | sesamilla | sesameilla | |
ablative | sesamilta | sesameilta | |
allative | sesamille | sesameille | |
essive | sesamina | sesameina | |
translative | sesamiksi | sesameiksi | |
abessive | sesamitta | sesameitta | |
instructive | — | sesamein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin sesamum, sesama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”), σησάμη (sēsámē, “sesame plant”)
Noun
sesam m (definite singular sesamen, indefinite plural sesamer, definite plural sesamene)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin sesamum, sesama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”), σησάμη (sēsámē, “sesame plant”)
Noun
sesam m (definite singular sesamen, indefinite plural sesamar, definite plural sesamane)
Derived terms
References
- “sesam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Volapük
Noun
sesam (nominative plural sesams)
Declension
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms derived from Aramaic
- Dutch terms derived from Akkadian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Faroese terms derived from Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Aramaic
- Faroese terms derived from Akkadian
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Faroese uncountable nouns
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with archaic senses
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Plants
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Plants
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük nouns
- vo:Plants