zemja
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɛmʲa/, [ˈzemʲa]
Noun
zemja f (diminutive zemiska)
- soil, earth, ground
Declension
declension of zemja
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | zemja | zemi | zemje |
Genitive | zemje | zemjowu | zemjow |
Dative | zemi | zemjoma | zemjam |
Accusative | zemju | zemi | zemje |
Instrumental | zemju | zemjoma | zemjami |
Locative | zemi | zemjoma | zemjach |
Derived terms
- zeminy
- zemjan
- zemjany
- zemjašk
- zemjepis
- zemjerdžanje
- zemjetśěsenje
- zemjowaty
- zemski
- zemstwo
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “zemja”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “zemja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
zemja f (Cyrillic spelling земја)
- Archaic and Chakavian form of zèmlja (“soil, earth, ground, country”)
- 1250, N.N, Povaljska listina:
- Dohrani na smrt na naju vinogradi i zemje.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- late 15th century, Džore Držić, Radmio i Ljubmir:
- Zašto u sve strane pozebe travica
Ter zemja ostane kako udovica.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- (Can we date this quote?), Drago Gervais, Kastavska balada:
- Kmeti su zemju kopali,
krepevali, gladovali,
ježuviti spovedali
i va nebo otpravjali.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1250, N.N, Povaljska listina:
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Noun
zemja f
- soil, earth, ground
Declension
Declension of zemja
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | zemja | zemi | zemje |
Genitive | zemje | zemjow | zemjow |
Dative | zemi | zemjomaj | zemjam |
Accusative | zemju | zemi | zemje |
Instrumental | zemju | zemjomaj | zemjemi |
Locative | zemi | zemjomaj | zemjach |
Vocative | zemja | zemi | zemje |