zemlja

See also: Zemlja and žemlja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zěmʎa/
• Hyphenation: zem‧lja

Noun

zèmlja f (Cyrillic spelling зѐмља)

1. (uncountable) earth
2. soil
3. land

   Ovo je zemlja sastavljena od dva dela. ― This is a land composed of two parts.

   obećana zemlja - promised land (Bible)

4. dirt
5. ground
6. country

Declension

Declension of zemlja

	singular	plural
nominative	zèmlja	zȅmlje
genitive	zemlje	zemáljā
dative	zemlji	zemljama
accusative	zemlju	zemlje
vocative	zemljo	zemlje
locative	zemlji	zemljama
instrumental	zemljom	zemljama

Derived terms

• zemàljskī
• zèmljan
• Zèmljanin
• zemljopis

 

References

• “zemlja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ̀ːmlja/

Noun

zémlja f

1. earth, soil
2. land

Inflection

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

• Zêmlja

Further reading

• “zemlja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zemlja”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references