zeme

See also: Zeme, země, Země, zemē, Zemē, žemė, and Žemė

Latvian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, compare zem, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Compare Lithuanian žẽmė, Polish ziemia, Russian земля́ (zemljá), Persian زمین (zamin) Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛmɛ]

Audio:

(file)

Noun

zeme f (5th declension)

1. ground, land, mainland (geographical, ethnic)
2. earth, soil, ground (substance)
3. country, nation
5. (usually Zeme) Earth (third planet in the Solar System)

Declension

Declension of zeme (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	zeme	zemes
accusative (akuzatīvs)	zemi	zemes
genitive (ģenitīvs)	zemes	zemju
dative (datīvs)	zemei	zemēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	zemi	zemēm
locative (lokatīvs)	zemē	zemēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	zeme	zemes

Related terms

• zem, zems
• zemnieks, zemniece
• (rare term) zemup