zyma

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɨma/

Noun

zyma f ? (diminutive zymka)

1. cold (“condition of low temperature”)
2. winter

Declension

Declension of zyma

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	zyma	zymje	zymy
Genitive	zymy	zymowu	zymow
Dative	zymje	zymoma	zymam
Accusative	zymu	zymje	zymy
Instrumental	zymu	zymoma	zymami
Locative	zymje	zymoma	zymach

Derived terms

• zymawa
• zymicka
• zyminy
• zymisko
• zymje
• zymjerny
• zymko
• zymnica
• zymnicka
• zymnicowaty
• zymnik
• zymnina
• zymnjeś
• zymnosć
• zymnota
• zymnučki
• zymny
• zymomjerny
• zymowy
• zymski

 

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “zyma”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “zyma”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm.

Noun

zyma f

1. winter

Declension

Declension of zyma

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	zyma	zymje	zymy
genitive	zymy	zymow	zymow
dative	zymje	zymomaj	zymam
accusative	zymu	zymje	zymy
instrumental	zymu	zymomaj	zymami
locative	zymje	zymomaj	zymach
vocative	zyma	zymje	zymy