zemlja
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From older zemja, from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
Noun
zèmlja f (Cyrillic spelling зѐмља)
- (uncountable) earth
- soil
- land
- Ovo je zemlja sastavljena od dva dela. ― This is a land composed of two parts.
- obećana zemlja - promised land (Bible)
- dirt
- ground
- country
Declension
Declension of zemlja
Derived terms
References
- “zemlja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
Noun
zémlja f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zêmlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêmlja | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zêmlje | zêmelj | zêmelj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêmlji | zêmljama | zêmljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zêmljo | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêmlji | zêmljah | zêmljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zêmljo | zêmljama | zêmljami |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zemljé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêmlja | zemljé | zemljé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zemljé | zemljá | zemljá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêmlji | zemljáma | zemljàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zemljó | zemljé | zemljé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêmlji | zemljàh | zemljàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zemljó | zemljáma | zemljámi |
See also
Further reading
- “zemlja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “zemlja”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references