Lemizh / English dictionary
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zmàs.
to hail (send hailstones) somewhere-dat etc.
zmès. hail cloud
zmÌs. the hail
zmysrÌ. hailstone
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem zmi‑a
< LMLem semè‑yr ‘point’
< Koi σημεῖ‑ον ‘sign, proof, point’
Koi σῆμα ‘sign’
< SHell *thyā́mn̥
< PIE *dʰi̯éh₂‑mn̥, neuter abstract -mn̥-noun of
PIE *dʰi̯eh₂‑ ‘notice’
Gender change comes from the fact that hail is a form of water and thus (poetically) male; see also jmÌx. ‘ice’.
Cognates
Eng semantic (via Gk), Ved dhyāyati ‘think of, imagine’