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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zemь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰðʰem-, the thorn-variant accusative singular of *dʰéǵʰōm.
Noun
*zèmь or *zȅmь f
- earth, soil
Inflection
Declension of *zèmь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *zèmь | *zemì | *zemì |
| Accusative | *zèmь | *zemì | *zemì |
| Genitive | *zèmi | *zèmьju, *zemľu* | *zemь̀jь, *zèmi* |
| Locative | *zèmi | *zèmьju, *zemľu* | *zemь̀xъ |
| Dative | *zemì | *zèmьma | *zemь̀mъ |
| Instrumental | *zèmьjǫ, *zèmľǫ* | *zèmьma | *zèmьmī |
| Vocative | *zemi | *zemì | *zemì |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Declension of *zȅmь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *zȅmь | *zȅmi | *zȅmi |
| Accusative | *zȅmь | *zȅmi | *zȅmi |
| Genitive | *zemí | *zemьjù, *zemľu* | *zemь̀jь |
| Locative | *zemí | *zemьjù, *zemľu* | *zȅmьxъ |
| Dative | *zȅmi | *zemьmà | *zȅmьmъ |
| Instrumental | *zemьjǫ́ | *zemьmà | *zemьmì |
| Vocative | *zemi | *zȅmi | *zȅmi |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *nazemъ / *nazьma / *nazьmъ
- *nazemьnъ
- *ob zemь, *ob zьmь, *ob zьmi
- *ozemъkъ / *ozemъka
- *zemľa
- *zemьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: земь (zemĭ)