sem
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sem"
Symbol
sem
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
sem (plural sems)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric *ceː₂m, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sem
Alternative forms
Verb
sem
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sem6
- Cantonese Pinyin: sem6
- Guangdong Romanization: sém6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːm²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
sem
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) semester (Classifier: 個／个 c)
Derived terms
- sem尾
- sem頭 / sem头
- sem頭不努力，sem尾徒傷悲 / sem头不努力，sem尾徒伤悲
- 完sem
- 開sem / 开sem
- 開sem飯 / 开sem饭
References
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech sěmo, from Proto-Slavic *sěmo.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sem
Numeral
sem
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Conjunction
sem (clitic)
Conjunction
sem (paired)
Usage notes
The word sem and nincs, nincsen (“it/there isn't”) are contracted into the forms sincs, sincsen (“it/there isn't, either”).
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions
See also
- koránt (used in the phrases korántsem, koránt sincs)
Further reading
- sem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).
Conjunction
sem
- (with a noun phrase) as, like
- Hann var sem guð meðal manna.
- He was like a god amongst men.
- Hár hennar var hvítt sem snjór.
- Her hair was white as snow.
- Hann er sem nýr.
- He is as [good as] new.
- Vista sem…
- Save as…
- (with a clause) like, as if
- Svo virðist sem sjúkdómurinn sé arfgengur
- Is seems as though the disease is hereditary.
- (relative, with a clause) who, which, that
- Þetta er maðurinn sem ég hitti í gær.
- That’s the man that I met yesterday.
- Þetta er konan sem barði mig.
- That’s the woman who hit me.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ekki er allt gull sem glóir
- láta sem vind um eyru þjóta
- samt sem áður
- sem allra best
- sem og
- sem sé/sem sagt
- þar sem (þars)
- því meira sem
Etymology 2
Verb
sem (weak)
Etymology 1
Noun
sem
- Alternative form of seem (“seam”)
Etymology 2
Noun
sem
- Alternative form of seem (“load”)
Etymology 1
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).
Alternative forms
Conjunction
sem
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sem
- inflection of semja:
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sem”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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