земля

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Compare Polish ziemia, Latvian zeme, Persian زمین (zamin) Latin humus, Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛmlʲa]
  • Rhymes: -ɛmlʲa
  • Syllabification: зем‧ля

Noun

земля • (zemljaf

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground, soil
  4. (archaic) country

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Cognate with Sanskrit क्षम् (kṣam), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬨 (zam), Latin humus, the source of English human; Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn), Persian زمین (zamin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zʲɪˈmlʲa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

земля́ • (zemljáf inan (genitive земли́, nominative plural зе́мли, genitive plural земе́ль, relational adjective земе́льный or земно́й or земляно́й or зе́мский, diminutive земли́ца or земе́лька)

  1. earth
  2. land
    • 1886, Л. Н. Толстой [Leo Tolstoi], Много ли человеку земли нужно? [How Much Land Does a Man Need?]:
      Одно́ го́ре — земли́ ма́ло! А будь земли́ вво́лю, так я никого́, и самого́ чёрта, не бою́сь!
      Odnó góre — zemlí málo! A budʹ zemlí vvólju, tak ja nikovó, i samovó čórta, ne bojúsʹ!
      Our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself!
  3. ground, soil
  4. (poetic, dated, countable) country, land
    Synonym: страна́ (straná)
    за три́девять земе́льza trídevjatʹ zemélʹin a far-away country (literally, “thrice nine countries away”)
  5. (countable) state, Land (first-level administrative division of Germany)

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Borrowed

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “земля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “земля”, 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 323

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zemˈlʲa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

земля́ • (zemljáf inan (genitive землі́, nominative plural зе́млі, genitive plural земе́ль)

  1. (uncountable) earth
  2. (uncountable) land
  3. (uncountable) ground, soil
  4. (countable, dated) country
  5. (countable, of Germany) state

Declension

Declension of земля́
(inan soft fem-form accent-d' reduc)
singular plural
nominative земля́
zemljá
зе́млі
zémli
genitive землі́
zemlí
земе́ль
zemélʹ
dative землі́
zemlí
зе́млям
zémljam
accusative зе́млю
zémlju
зе́млі
zémli
instrumental земле́ю
zemléju
зе́млями
zémljamy
locative землі́
zemlí
зе́млях
zémljax
vocative зе́мле
zémle
зе́млі
zémli

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