sperma
English
Noun
sperma (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of sperm.
- 1600, John Pory (translator), A Geographical Historie of Africa (original by Leo Africanus), page 344:
- The head of this fish is as hard as stone. The inhabitants of the Ocean sea coast affirme that this fish casteth foorth Amber; but whether the said Amber be the sperma or the excrement thereof, they cannot well determine.
- 1600, John Pory (translator), A Geographical Historie of Africa (original by Leo Africanus), page 344:
Czech
Declension
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sperma | spermata |
genitive | spermatu | spermat |
dative | spermatu | spermatům |
accusative | sperma | spermata |
vocative | sperma | spermata |
locative | spermatu | spermatech |
instrumental | spermatem | spermaty |
Synonyms
- semeno n
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛrmaː/
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Estonian
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of sperma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sperma | spermat | |
genitive | sperman | spermojen | |
partitive | spermaa | spermoja | |
illative | spermaan | spermoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sperma | spermat | |
accusative | nom. | sperma | spermat |
gen. | sperman | ||
genitive | sperman | spermojen spermainrare | |
partitive | spermaa | spermoja | |
inessive | spermassa | spermoissa | |
elative | spermasta | spermoista | |
illative | spermaan | spermoihin | |
adessive | spermalla | spermoilla | |
ablative | spermalta | spermoilta | |
allative | spermalle | spermoille | |
essive | spermana | spermoina | |
translative | spermaksi | spermoiksi | |
instructive | — | spermoin | |
abessive | spermatta | spermoitta | |
comitative | — | spermoineen |
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
References
- sperma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sperma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sperma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Latvian
Etymology
From Latin sperma, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
Declension
Declension of sperma (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | sperma | spermas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | spermu | spermas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | spermas | spermu |
dative (datīvs) | spermai | spermām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | spermu | spermām |
locative (lokatīvs) | spermā | spermās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | sperma | spermas |
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲpʲɛɾmɐ]
Declension
declension of sperma
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | spèrma | spèrmos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | spèrmos | spèrmų |
dative (naudininkas) | spèrmai | spèrmoms |
accusative (galininkas) | spèrmą | spèrmas |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | spèrma | spèrmomis |
locative (vietininkas) | spèrmoje | spèrmose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | spèrma | spèrmos |
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”).
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Polish
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsperma]
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spěrma/
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɛ́ːrma/
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