zima

See also: Zima and zim’ă

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeymeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪma/

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Noun

zima f

1. winter
2. cold

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	zima	zimy
genitive	zimy	zim
dative	zimě	zimám
accusative	zimu	zimy
vocative	zimo	zimy
locative	zimě	zimách
instrumental	zimou	zimami

Synonyms

• (cold): chlad, chladno, kosa, kláda, klendra

Antonyms

• (winter): léto
• (cold): teplo

Derived terms

• přezimovat
• zazimovat
• zimnice
• zimní
• zimomřivý

Further reading

• zima in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• zima in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeymeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʑima]

• audio

  (file)

Noun

zima f

1. winter

Declension

declension of zima

	singular	plural
nominative	zima	zimy
genitive	zimy	zim
dative	zimie	zimom
accusative	zimę	zimy
instrumental	zimą	zimami
locative	zimie	zimach
vocative	zimo	zimy

Derived terms

• zimowy

See also

Seasons in Polish · pory roku (layout · text)
wiosna (“spring”)	lato (“summer”)	jesień (“autumn”)	zima (“winter”)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeymeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǐːma/
• Hyphenation: zi‧ma

Noun

zíma f (Cyrillic spelling зи́ма)

1. winter
2. cold, coldness (of weather or temperature)

Declension

Declension of zima

	singular	plural
nominative	zima	zime
genitive	zime	zima
dative	zimi	zimama
accusative	zimu	zime
vocative	zimo	zime
locative	zimi	zimama
instrumental	zimom	zimama

See also

Seasons in Serbo-Croatian · godišnja doba / годишња доба (layout · text)
spring: proleće, proljeće, proliće пролеће, прољеће	summer: leto, ljeto лето, љето	autumn: jesen јесен	winter: zima зима

References

• “zima” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeymeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzima/

Noun

zima f (genitive singular zimy, nominative plural zimy, genitive plural zím, declension pattern of žena)

1. winter
2. very cold weather (regardless of the season)

Declension

Declension of zima

	singular	plural
nominative	zima	zimy
genitive	zimy	zím
dative	zime	zimám
accusative	zimu	zimy
locative	zime	zimách
instrumental	zimou	zimami

Derived terms

• zimný

See also

• (seasons) ročné obdobie; jar, jeseň, leto, zima ^{(Category: sk:Seasons)}

Further reading

• zima in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeymeh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzìːma/
• Tonal orthography: zíma

Noun

zíma f (genitive zíme, nominative plural zíme)

1. winter

Declension

Declension of zíma (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	zíma	zími	zíme
accusative	zímo	zími	zíme
genitive	zíme	zím	zím
dative	zími	zímama	zímam
locative	zími	zímah	zímah
instrumental	zímo	zímama	zímami

See also

• (seasons) létni čàs; pomlád, polétje, jesén, zíma ^{(Category: sl:Seasons)}

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Swahili

Adjective

-zima (declinable)

1. whole; entire; full
2. mature; fully grown
3. (in greetings) well

   U mzima ― Are you well?

Inflection

Inflected forms of -zima

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mzima	wazima
M-mi class	mzima	mizima
Ma class	zima	mazima
Ki-vi class	kizima	vizima
N class	nzima	nzima
U class	mzima	nzima
Pa class	pazima	pazima
Ku class	kuzima	kuzima
Mu class	muzima	muzima