zemlja
Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. First attested in the 14th century (earlier in Church Slavonic).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zèmlja f (Cyrillic spelling зѐмља)
- (uncountable) earth
- soil
- land
- obećana zemlja ― promised land (Biblical)
- ničija zemlja ― no man's land
- Srbija je zemlja manastira, tvrđava i banja. ― Serbia is a land of monasteries, fortresses and spas.
- dirt
- ground
- country
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zèmlja | zȅmlje |
| genitive | zèmljē | zemáljā |
| dative | zȅmlji / zèmlji | zèmljama |
| accusative | zȅmlju | zȅmlje |
| vocative | zȅmljo | zȅmlje |
| locative | zèmlji | zèmljama |
| instrumental | zèmljōm | zèmljama |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- zemja (dialectal)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “zèmlja”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 601
Further reading
[edit]- “zemlja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémijāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zémlja f
Declension
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zêmlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêmlja | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zêmlje | zêmelj | zêmelj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêmlji | zêmljama | zêmljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zêmljo | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêmlji | zêmljah | zêmljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zêmljo | zêmljama | zêmljami |
|
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zemljé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêmlja | zemljé | zemljé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zemljé | zemljá | zemljá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêmlji | zemljáma | zemljàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zemljó | zemljé | zemljé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêmlji | zemljàh | zemljàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zemljó | zemljáma | zemljámi |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zemlja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “zemlja”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
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- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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