зямля
See also: Зямля́
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic землꙗ (zemlja), from Old Ruthenian землꙗ́ (zemljá), from Proto-Slavic *zemľà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zʲamˈlʲa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Homophone: Зямля́ (Zjamljá)
- Hyphenation: зям‧ля
Noun
зямля́ • (zjamljá) f inan (genitive зямлі́, nominative plural зе́млі, genitive plural зе́мляў, relational adjective зе́мны)
- land (as opposed to water)
- На гарызонце маракі ўбачылі зямлю.
- Na haryzóncje maraki ŭbačyli zjamlju.
- The sailors saw land on the horizon.
- soil (the upper layer of the crust of our planet)
- ground (the surface, the plane on which we stand, on which we move)
- быдла кладзецца на зямлю, калі стамілася
- bydla kladzjecca na zjamlju, kali stamilasja
- cattle lie down on the ground when they are tired
- country, land, state
- Беларусь - мая зямля
- Bjelarusʹ - maja zjamlja
- Belarus is my land
Declension
Declension of зямля́ (inan soft fem-form accent-d а-е)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | зямля́ zjamljá |
зе́млі zjémli |
| genitive | зямлі́ zjamlí |
зе́мляў zjémljaŭ |
| dative | зямлі́ zjamlí |
зе́млям zjémljam |
| accusative | зямлю́ zjamljú |
зе́млі zjémli |
| instrumental | зямлёй, зямлёю zjamljój, zjamljóju |
зе́млямі zjémljami |
| locative | зямлі́ zjamlí |
зе́млях zjémljax |
| count form | — | зямлі́1 zjamlí1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “зямля”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “зямля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org