жменя
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ukrainian жме́ня (žménja).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жме́ня • (žménja) f inan (genitive жме́ни, nominative plural жме́ни, genitive plural жме́ней)
- (regional, colloquial, Ukraine) the palm with the fingers bent so that they could scoop up, grab or hold something
- (regional, colloquial) handful
Declension
[edit]Declension of жме́ня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a irreg)
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Ruthenian жме́нꙗ (žménja, “handful”), from Proto-Slavic *žьmьnь, *žьmьňa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жме́ня • (žménja) f inan (genitive жме́ні, nominative plural жме́ні, genitive plural жмень, diminutive жме́нька)
- the palm with the fingers bent so that they could scoop up, grab or hold something
- handful, fistful (the amount that a hand will grasp or contain)
- bunch, handful, couple, group (a number of things)
Declension
[edit]Declension of жме́ня (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жменя”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “жменя”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “жменя”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “жменя”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “жменя”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “жменя”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “жменя”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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