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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic землꙗ (zemlja), from Old Ruthenian землꙗ́ (zemljá), from Proto-Slavic *zemľà.
Pronunciation
Noun
зямля́ • (zjamljá) f inan (genitive зямлі́, nominative plural зе́млі, genitive plural зе́мляў, relational adjective зе́мны)
- land (as opposed to water)
На гарызонце маракі ўбачылі зямлю.- Na haryzóncje maraki ŭbačyli zjamlju.
- The sailors saw land on the horizon.
- soil (the upper layer of the crust of our planet)
- ground (the surface, the plane on which we stand, on which we move)
быдла кладзецца на зямлю, калі стамілася- bydla kladzjecca na zjamlju, kali stamilasja
- cattle lie down on the ground when they are tired
- country, land, state
Беларусь - мая зямля- Bjelarusʹ - maja zjamlja
- Belarus is my land
Declension
Declension of зямля́ (inan soft fem-form accent-d а-е)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “зямля”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “зямля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org