zeme

See also: Zeme, země, Země, zemē, Zemē, žemė, and Žemė

English

Noun

zeme (plural zemes)

1. Alternative form of zemi

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē. Cognates include Latvian zeme and Lithuanian žemė.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzʲæmʲæ]
• Hyphenation: ze‧me

Noun

zeme f (diminutive zemeite)

1. land

Declension

Declension of zeme (type 5 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	zeme	zemis, zemes1)
genitive	zemis, zemes1)	zemu
dative	zemei	zemem, zemom1)
accusative	zemi	zemis, zemes1)
instrumental	zemi	zemem, zemom1)
locative	zemē, zemī1)	zemēs, zemuos1)
vocative	zeme, zem	zemis, zemes1)

¹⁾ dialectal

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 27

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, compare zem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Compare Lithuanian žẽmė, Polish ziemia, Russian земля́ (zemljá), Persian زمین (zamin) Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛmɛ]

• Audio:

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Noun

zeme f (5th declension)

1. ground, land, mainland (geographical, ethnic)
2. earth, soil, ground (substance)
3. country, nation
5. (usually Zeme) Earth (third planet in the Solar System)

Declension

Declension of zeme (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	zeme	zemes
genitive	zemes	zemju
dative	zemei	zemēm
accusative	zemi	zemes
instrumental	zemi	zemēm
locative	zemē	zemēs
vocative	zeme	zemes

Derived terms

• pazeme
• zemene
• zemīte
• zemjains
• zemnieks

Related terms

• zem, zems
• zemnieks, zemniece
• (rare term) zemup