землꙗ

Old Church Slavonic
Зємлꙗ и небо.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Noun

землꙗ • (zemlja) f

  1. earth
    • “ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ (line -12, leaf 125)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Lk:21:33:
      ⱀⰵⰱⱁ ⰻ ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ ⰿⰻⰿⱁ ⰻⰴⰵⱅⱏ· ⰰ ⱄⰾⱁⰲⰵⱄⰰ ⰿⱁⱑ ⱀⰵ ⰿⰻⰿⱁ ⰻⰴⱘⱅⱏ⁘
      nebo i zemlě mimo idetŭ· a slovesa moě ne mimo idǫtŭ⁘
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. land

Usage notes

Declension
Declension of землꙗ (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative земл҄ꙗ
zemlʹja		 земл҄и
zemlʹi		 земл҄ѧ
zemlʹę
genitive земл҄ѧ
zemlʹę		 земл҄оу
zemlʹu		 земл҄ь
zemlʹĭ
dative земл҄и
zemlʹi		 земл҄ама
zemlʹama		 земл҄амъ
zemlʹamŭ
accusative земл҄ѫ
zemlʹǫ		 земл҄и
zemlʹi		 земл҄ѧ
zemlʹę
instrumental земл҄еѭ
zemlʹejǫ		 земл҄ама
zemlʹama		 земл҄ами
zemlʹami
locative земл҄и
zemlʹi		 земл҄оу
zemlʹu		 земл҄ахъ
zemlʹaxŭ
vocative земл҄е
zemlʹe		 земл҄и
zemlʹi		 земл҄ѧ
zemlʹę

Derived terms
  • землѥлѣганиѥ (zemljelěganije)
  • земльскъ (zemlĭskŭ)
  • земьнъ (zemĭnŭ)
  • земьскъ (zemĭskŭ)

References
  1. Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “не ꙁємл҄ѣ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 50, line 2
  2. Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “ꙁемьꙗ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 224, line 4
  3. Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “ꙁеми”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 14.5, line 8
  4. “ⱀⰰ ⰸⰵⰿⰻ (line 17, leaf 2.5)”, in Codex Marianus [Cod. Slav. 146]‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), Austrian National Library, 1016±16, page Mt:6:10

Further reading

Old East Slavic
Землꙗ.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa.

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /zɛˈmlʲɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /zʲɛˈmlʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /zʲɛˈmlʲa/
  • Hyphenation: зе‧млꙗ

Noun

землꙗ (zemlja) f

  1. soil
  2. land
  3. world, earth
  4. land, country
  5. nation, people
  6. Name of the letter з in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Declension
Declension of землꙗ (soft a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative землꙗ
zemlja		 земли
zemli		 землѣ
zemlě
Genitive землѣ
zemlě		 землю
zemlju		 земль
zemlĭ
Dative земли
zemli		 землꙗма
zemljama		 землꙗмъ
zemljamŭ
Accusative землѭ
zemljǫ		 земли
zemli		 землѣ
zemlě
Instrumental землеѭ
zemlejǫ		 землꙗма
zemljama		 землꙗми
zemljami
Locative земли
zemli		 землю
zemlju		 землꙗхъ
zemljaxŭ
Vocative земле
zemle		 земли
zemli		 землѣ
zemlě

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: землꙗ́ (zemljá)
  • Russian: земля́ (zemljá)

References
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “землꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 972
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