zem

See also: żem and Žem.

English

Noun

zem (plural zems)

  1. (informal) A zemidjan.
    • 2009, Anthony Ham, West Africa, page 109:
      The name of the hotel will draw a blank with most zems so try asking for 'Les Paillotes'.
    • 2013, Simon Richmond, Stuart Butler, Lonely Planet Africa:
      The omnipresence of zems (zemijohns; motorbike taxis) has translated into the near disappearance of car taxis […]

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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛm]
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Noun

zem f

  1. earth
  2. country (nation state or a political entity)

Declension
Declension of zem (soft zero-ending feminine)
singular plural
nominative zem země
genitive země zemí
dative zemi zemím
accusative zem země
vocative zemi země
locative zemi zemích
instrumental zemí zeměmi

Synonyms

Further reading
  • zem in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zem in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zem in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latvian

Etymology

Common Balto-Slavic root; compare to zeme.

Preposition

zem (with genitive)

  1. under

Synonyms
  • apakš

Mandarin

Romanization

zem

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zěm.

Usage notes
  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zem]

Noun

zem f (genitive singular zeme, nominative plural zeme, genitive plural zemí, declension pattern of dlaň)

  1. earth

Declension
Declension of zem
singular plural
nominative zem zeme
genitive zeme zemí
dative zemi zemiam
accusative zem zeme
locative zemi zemiach
instrumental zemou zemami

Derived terms

See also

References
  • “zem”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Compare Lithuanian žẽmė, Latvian zeme, Old Prussian semmē.[1][2]

Noun

zem

  1. earth, land, soil
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 12, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      ziemie — zem
      ziemie — land

References
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 82: “zem ‘žemė, l. ziemie’ 12.”
  2. “žẽmė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. zem Erde [...] Nar. zem ist nicht klar.”.
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