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