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Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yē-m (deverbal noun from *yē-). Refer to жөө (jöö).
Noun
жем • (jem) (Arabic spelling جەم)
- fodder, pray, bait
Pannonian Rusyn
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Slovak zem, from Proto-Slavic *zemь. Cognates include Czech and Slovak zem.
Noun
жем (žem) f (diminutive жемичка or жемочка, related adjective жемов or жемни)
- (uncountable) land
- Свята Жем ― Svjata Žem ― Holy Land
- (uncountable) earth, soil
- Synonym: тло (tlo)
- (countable) arable, cultivated field
- (countable) land, country
- Synonym: держава (deržava)
- (uncountable) land (property)
- (uncountable) earth (place of life, as opposed to heaven or the afterlife)
- як нєбо и жем ― jak njebo i žem ― like heaven and earth
Derived terms
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жем”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “land”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 162
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
жем (žem)
- first-person singular indicative present of жесц (žesc)