жем

From Proto-Turkic *yē-m (deverbal noun from *yē-). Refer to жөө (jöö).

жем • (jem) (Arabic spelling جەم)

1. fodder, pray, bait

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɛm]
• Rhymes: -ɛm
• Hyphenation: жем
• Homophone: Жем (Žem)

Inherited from Old Slovak zem, from Proto-Slavic *zemь. Cognates include Czech and Slovak zem. For the sense of "country", compare German Land.

жем (žem) f (diminutive жемичка or жемочка, related adjective жемов or жемни)

1. (uncountable) land

   Свята Жем ― Svjata Žem ― Holy Land

2. (uncountable) earth, soil

   Synonym: тло (tlo)

3. (countable) arable, cultivated field
4. (countable) land, country, nation

   Synonym: держава (deržava)

   островска жем ― ostrovska žem ― island nation

   жеми у розвою

   žemi u rozvoju

   developing countries

   (literally, “lands in development”)

5. (uncountable) land (property)
6. (uncountable) earth (place of life, as opposed to heaven or the afterlife)

   як нєбо и жем ― jak njebo i žem ― like heaven and earth

• 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

жем (žem)

1. first-person singular indicative future of жесц (žesc)