gemma

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma. === Noun === gemma (plural gemmas or gemmae) (biology) An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud. Synonym: (archaic) gemmule ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Megam == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === geh ma === Etymology === First person plural of geh + ma (unstressed form of first person plural nominative mia). Literally, “go we”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡ̥ɛmɐ/ === Verb === gemma contraction of geh +‎ ma === Interjection === gemma come on!, let's go! Gemma, gemma! Des schåff ma! ― Come on, let's go! We can do this! == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gemma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɛm.mə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒem.ma] === Noun === gemma f (plural gemmes) gem, jewel (botany) bud (biology) gemma === Further reading === “gemma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Interlingua == === Noun === gemma (plural gemmas) gem == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛmma Hyphenation: gèm‧ma === Etymology 1 === From Latin gemma. ==== Noun ==== gemma f (plural gemme) (botany) bud gem, jewel (figurative) gem (precious or highly valued thing or person) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gemma inflection of gemmare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === gemma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === gamme == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Possibilities include: Cognate with Proto-Slavic *zębnǫti and Lithuanian žémbėti, both meaning “to germinate, sprout”, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵemb- or *ǵeb- (“to bud, sprout”), though such a root would be irregular for PIE; From Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- (“nail, tooth”), despite the semantic gap. Compare, however, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw, nail, hoof, talon, but also onyx (gem)”); From Proto-Italic *gen- (“to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-; compare gignō and genus; A non-Indo-European substrate source. The unusual form of the word, the lack of clear cognates and the semantic category of the word make this hypothesis likely. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛm.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛm.ma] === Noun === gemma f (genitive gemmae); first declension A bud or eye of a plant. A gem, gemstone, jewel, precious stone. A thing made of precious stones. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: xema, ema Catalan: gemma Danish: gemme French: gemme → Romanian: gemă → English: gemma (learned) → Interlingua: gemma Italian: gemma → Russian: гемма (gemma) Old Galician-Portuguese: gema Galician: xema Portuguese: gema Old Spanish: yema Spanish: yema→ Cebuano: yema→ Tagalog: yema → Spanish: gema (learned)→ Catalan: gema (dialectal, Castilianism) → Proto-West Germanic: *gimmu (see there for further descendants) === References === === Further reading === “gemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gemma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "gemma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “gemma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “gemma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “gemma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin