Жамойць
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
- IPA(key): [ʐaˈmojt͡sʲ]
- Rhymes: -ojt͡sʲ
Proper noun
Жамо́йць • (Žamójcʹ) f inan (genitive Жамо́йці, uncountable)
- Samogitia (an ethnographic region of Lithuania, located in the north-west of the country)
- Synonyms: Самагі́ція (Samahícija), Жэмайція (Žemajcija)
Declension
Declension of Жамо́йць (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Жамо́йць Žamójcʹ |
| genitive | Жамо́йці Žamójci |
| dative | Жамо́йці Žamójci |
| accusative | Жамо́йць Žamójcʹ |
| instrumental | Жамо́йцю Žamójcju |
| locative | Жамо́йці Žamójci |
Related terms
nouns
- жамо́йты (žamójty, “Samogitians”)