зима

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic зима (zima), from Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation(key): зи‧ма

Noun

зи́ма (zímaf (relational adjective зи́мен)

  1. winter, wintertime

Declension

Coordinate terms

Seasons in Bulgarian · сезо́ни (sezóni) (layout · text) · category
про́лет (prólet, spring) ля́то (ljáto, summer) е́сен (ésen, autumn) зи́ма (zíma, winter)

Derived terms

References

  • зима”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • зима”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зима”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, pages 640-641

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Noun

зима (zimaf (plural зими, relational adjective зимски or зимен, augmentative зимиште)

  1. winter, wintertime
Declension
Declension of зима
singular plural
indefinite зима (zima) зими (zimi)
definite unspecified зимата (zimata) зимите (zimite)
definite proximal зимава (zimava) зимиве (zimive)
definite distal зимана (zimana) зимине (zimine)
vocative зимо (zimo) зими (zimi)
Coordinate terms
Seasons in Macedonian · годишни времиња (godišni vreminja) (layout · text) · category
пролет (prolet, spring) лето (leto, summer) есен (esen, autumn) зима (zima, winter)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Verb

зима (zima) third-singular presentimpf (perfective земе)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) to take
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) to get
Conjugation
Synonyms

References

  • зима” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Noun

зима (zimaf

  1. winter

Declension

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zimà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ziˈmɑ//zʲiˈma//zʲiˈma/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ziˈmɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /zʲiˈma/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /zʲiˈma/

  • Hyphenation: зи‧ма

Noun

зима (zimaf

  1. winter

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: зима (zima)
  • Russian: зима́ (zimá)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “зима”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 978

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic зима (zima), from Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

зима́ (zimáf inan (genitive зимы́, nominative plural зи́мы, genitive plural зим, relational adjective зи́мний)

  1. winter
    зимо́йzimójin (the) winter / during winter
    на́ зимуzimufor (the) winter

Declension

Derived terms

Phrases
Proverbs
Borrowed

See also

Seasons in Russian · время года (vremja goda) (layout · text) · category
весна́ (vesná, spring) ле́то (léto, summer) о́сень (ósenʹ, autumn) зима́ (zimá, winter)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зима”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “зима”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 325

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǐːma/
  • Hyphenation: зи‧ма

Noun

зи́ма f (Latin spelling zíma)

  1. winter
  2. cold, coldness (of weather or temperature)

Declension

See also

Seasons in Serbo-Croatian · godišnja doba / годишња доба (layout · text) · category
spring:
proleće, proljeće
пролеће, прољеће
summer:
leto, ljeto
лето, љето
autumn:
jesen
јесен
winter:
zima
зима

References

  • зима”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zima, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

зима́ (zymáf inan (genitive зими́, nominative plural зими́, genitive plural зим)

  1. winter

Declension

See also

Seasons in Ukrainian · пори року (pory roku) (layout · text) · category
весна (vesna, spring) літо (lito, summer) осінь (osinʹ, autumn) зима (zyma, winter)

References