zemlja
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From older zemja, from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zěmʎa/
- Hyphenation: zem‧lja
Noun
zèmlja f (Cyrillic spelling зѐмља)
- (uncountable) earth
- soil
- land
- obećana zemlja ― promised land (Bible)
- Ovo je zemlja sastavljena od dva dela. ― This is a land composed of two parts.
- dirt
- ground
- country
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zèmlja | zȅmlje |
| genitive | zèmljē | zemáljā |
| dative | zȅmlji / zèmlji | zèmljama |
| accusative | zȅmlju | zȅmlje |
| vocative | zȅmljo | zȅmlje |
| locative | zèmlji | zèmljama |
| instrumental | zèmljōm | zèmljama |
Derived terms
References
- “zemlja”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛ̀ːmlja/
Noun
zémlja f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zêmlje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêmlja | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zêmlje | zêmelj | zêmelj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêmlji | zêmljama | zêmljam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zêmljo | zêmlji | zêmlje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêmlji | zêmljah | zêmljah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zêmljo | zêmljama | zêmljami |
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | zêmlja | ||
| gen. sing. | zemljé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zêmlja | zemljé | zemljé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zemljé | zemljá | zemljá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
zêmlji | zemljáma | zemljàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zemljó | zemljé | zemljé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zêmlji | zemljàh | zemljàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zemljó | zemljáma | zemljámi |