zemlja
See also: Zemlja and žemlja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From older zemja, from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zěmʎa/
- Hyphenation: zem‧lja
Noun
zèmlja f (Cyrillic spelling зѐмља)
- (uncountable) earth
- soil
- land
- Ovo je zemlja sastavljena od dva dela. ― This is a land composed of two parts.
- dirt
- ground
- country
Declension
Declension of zemlja
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zèmlja | zȅmlje |
| genitive | zemlje | zemáljā |
| dative | zemlji | zemljama |
| accusative | zemlju | zemlje |
| vocative | zemljo | zemlje |
| locative | zemlji | zemljama |
| instrumental | zemljom | zemljama |
Derived terms
- zemàljskī
- zèmljan
- Zèmljanin
- zemljopis
References
- “zemlja” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛ̀ːmlja/
Noun
zémlja f
- earth, soil
- land
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zêmlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | zêmlja | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| accusative | zêmljo | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| genitive | zêmlje | zêmelj | zêmelj |
| dative | zêmlji | zêmljama | zêmljam |
| locative | zêmlji | zêmljah | zêmljah |
| instrumental | zêmljo | zêmljama | zêmljami |
| Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zemljé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | zêmlja | zemljé | zemljé |
| accusative | zemljó | zemljé | zemljé |
| genitive | zemljé | zemljá | zemljá |
| dative | zêmlji | zemljáma | zemljàm |
| locative | zêmlji | zemljàh | zemljàh |
| instrumental | zemljó | zemljáma | zemljámi |
See also
- Zêmlja
Further reading
- “zemlja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran