zemja

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛmʲa/, [ˈzemʲa]

Noun[edit]

zemja f inan (diminutive zemiska)

  1. soil, earth, ground

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

zemja f (Cyrillic spelling земја)

  1. Archaic and Chakavian form of zèmlja (soil, earth, ground, country)

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

zemja f

  1. soil, earth, ground

Declension[edit]