CilmeFrom 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.
- declension-5, femininefamily
- declension-5, femininehousehold
- declension-5, feminineservants
- declension-5, femininedomestics
Formassaime(nominative, singular) · saimes(nominative, plural) · saimes(genitive, singular) · saimju(genitive, plural) · saimei(dative, singular) · saimēm(dative, plural) · saimi(accusative, singular) · saimes(accusative, plural) · saimi(instrumental, singular) · saimēm(instrumental, plural) · saimē(locative, singular) · saimēs(locative, plural) · saime(singular, vocative) · saimes(plural, vocative)