zemlja

See also: Zemlja and žemlja

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)

  1. (uncountable) earth
  2. soil
  3. land
    Ovo je zemlja sastavljena od dva dela. ― This is a land composed of two parts.
  4. dirt
  5. ground
  6. country

Declension
Declension of zemlja
singular plural
nominative zèmlja zȅmlje
genitive zemlje zemáljā
dative zemlji zemljama
accusative zemlju zemlje
vocative zemljo zemlje
locative zemlji zemljama
instrumental zemljom zemljama

Derived terms

References
  • “zemlja” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zɛ̀ːmlja/

Noun

zémlja f

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. zêmlja
gen. sing. zêmlje
singular dual plural
nominative zêmlja zêmlji zêmlje
accusative zêmljo zêmlji zêmlje
genitive zêmlje zêmelj zêmelj
dative zêmlji zêmljama zêmljam
locative zêmlji zêmljah zêmljah
instrumental zêmljo zêmljama zêmljami
Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing. zêmlja
gen. sing. zemljé
singular dual plural
nominative zêmlja zemljé zemljé
accusative zemljó zemljé zemljé
genitive zemljé zemljá zemljá
dative zêmlji zemljáma zemljàm
locative zêmlji zemljàh zemljàh
instrumental zemljó zemljáma zemljámi

See also

Further reading
  • “zemlja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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