zemja

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛmʲa/, [ˈzemʲa]

zemja f (diminutive zemiska)

1. soil, earth, ground

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “zemja”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “zemja”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

zemja f (Cyrillic spelling земја)

1. Archaic and Chakavian form of zèmlja (“soil, earth, ground, country”)
   • 1250, N.N, Povaljska listina:

     Dohrani na smrt na naju vinogradi i zemje.

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   • late 15th century, Džore Držić, Radmio i Ljubmir:

     Zašto u sve strane pozebe travica
     Ter zemja ostane kako udovica.

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   • (Can we date this quote?), Drago Gervais, Kastavska balada:

     Kmeti su zemju kopali,
     krepevali, gladovali,
     ježuviti spovedali
     i va nebo otpravjali.

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛmja/
• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Hyphenation: zem‧ja
• Syllabification: zem‧ja

zemja f

1. (astronomy, geography) Earth (primary planet of the solar system, which we inhabit, ellipsoidal in shape with polar flattening (1/297), 6370 km of average radius and 540,082,000 km2 of surface, according to Kossina's calculation)
2. floor (surface we walk on)

   Synonym: póda

3. (literary) country (space demarcated by geographic borders and endowed with its own sovereignty)

   Synonym: kraj

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