Жамойць
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Belarusian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Жмудзь (Žmudzʹ) — via Polish
- Жамо́йдзь (Žamójdzʹ) — Taraškievica orthography
- Žamojć, Žmudź, Žamojdź — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Lithuanian and Samogitian žemaitis (“a Samogitian”). Cognate to obsolete Russian Жомо́йть (Žomójtʹ), Жемо́ть (Žemótʹ), and more distantly to Polish Żmudź.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Жамо́йць • (Žamójcʹ) f inan (genitive Жамо́йці, uncountable)
- Samogitia
- Synonyms: Самагі́ція (Samahícija), Жэмайція (Žemajcija)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Жамо́йць (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]nouns
- жамо́йты (žamójty, “Samogitians”)
Categories:
- Belarusian terms derived from Lithuanian
- Belarusian terms derived from Samogitian
- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Belarusian/ojt͡sʲ
- Rhymes:Belarusian/ojt͡sʲ/2 syllables
- Belarusian lemmas
- Belarusian proper nouns
- Belarusian uncountable nouns
- Belarusian feminine nouns
- Belarusian inanimate nouns
- Belarusian soft third-declension feminine-form nouns
- Belarusian soft third-declension feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Belarusian nouns with accent pattern a
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