zemja

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛmʲa/, [ˈzemʲa]

Noun

zemja f (diminutive zemiska)

1. soil, earth, ground

Declension

declension of zemja

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	zemja	zemi	zemje
Genitive	zemje	zemjowu	zemjow
Dative	zemi	zemjoma	zemjam
Accusative	zemju	zemi	zemje
Instrumental	zemju	zemjoma	zemjami
Locative	zemi	zemjoma	zemjach

Derived terms

• zeminy
• zemjan
• zemjany
• zemjašk
• zemjepis
• zemjerdžanje
• zemjetśěsenje
• zemjowaty
• zemski
• zemstwo

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zemja f (Cyrillic spelling земја)

1. Archaic and Chakavian form of zèmlja (“soil, earth, ground, country”)
   • 1250, N.N, Povaljska listina:

     Dohrani na smrt na naju vinogradi i zemje.

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   • late 15th century, Džore Držić, Radmio i Ljubmir:

     Zašto u sve strane pozebe travica
     Ter zemja ostane kako udovica.

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   • (Can we date this quote?), Drago Gervais, Kastavska balada:

     Kmeti su zemju kopali,
     krepevali, gladovali,
     ježuviti spovedali
     i va nebo otpravjali.

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛmja/
• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Hyphenation: zem‧ja
• Syllabification: zem‧ja

Noun

zemja f

1. (astronomy, geography) Earth (primary planet of the solar system, which we inhabit, ellipsoidal in shape with polar flattening (1/297), 6370 km of average radius and 540,082,000 km2 of surface, according to Kossina's calculation)
2. floor, ground (surface we walk on)

   Synonym: póda

   • 1896, Nowy Zakoń: Do hornjoserbsćiny po rjedźe Vulgaty prelozistaj Jurij Luscanski a Michal Hórnik‎^[1], Z nakladom towaŕstwa ss. Cyrilla a Methocija, page 150:

     Hdyž bě to prajił, pluny na zemju, a sčini błóto ze slinow, a pomaza błóto na jeho woči.

     When he had said this, he spat on the ground, and made mud of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the mud.

3. (literary) country (space demarcated by geographic borders and endowed with its own sovereignty)

   Synonym: kraj

Declension

Declension of zemja (feminine soft stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	zemja	zemi	zemje
genitive	zemje	zemjow	zemjow
dative	zemi	zemjomaj	zemjam
accusative	zemju	zemi	zemje
instrumental	zemju	zemjomaj	zemjemi
locative	zemi	zemjomaj	zemjach
vocative	zemja	zemi	zemje

References

• “zemja” in Soblex