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 inan (diminutive zemiska)

  1. 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)

  1. 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 quotation)
    • 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 quotation)
    • (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 quotation)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Noun

zemja f

  1. 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
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