Define:Seemetry
(Reguidit frae Cemetery)
Scots[eedit soorce]
Etymologie[eedit soorce]
Fae Middle Inglis simeterie[citation needit], fae Auld French cimetiere, fae Medeival Laitin cemeterium, fae Late Laitin coemeterium, fae Greek κοιμ-ητήριον (koimeterion, "sleepin room"[1]), fae koiman ("tae put tae sleep"), fae keimai ("A lie doon").[2]
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
IPA(Whit's this?): /′simətri/[3]
Noun[eedit soorce]
seemetry[3]
- a place whaur the remains o deid fowk ir buried.
Relatit terms[eedit soorce]
- graveyaird, graveyard
- kirkyaird, kirkyard
- Define:yirdin-place, erding-place
- Define:burial (-grund), -(place)
References[eedit soorce]
- ↑ κοιμητήριον. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ↑ "cemetery" (in Inglis). Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ a b "Seemetry". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 5 October 2020.