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]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: Зямля́ (Zjamljá)
• Hyphenation: зям‧ля

Noun

зямля́ • (zjamljá) f inan (genitive зямлі́, nominative plural зе́млі, genitive plural зе́мляў, relational adjective зе́мны)

1. land (as opposed to water)

   На гарызонце маракі ўбачылі зямлю.

   Na haryzóncje maraki ŭbačyli zjamlju.

   The sailors saw land on the horizon.

2. soil (the upper layer of the crust of our planet)
3. 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

4. country, land, state

   Беларусь - мая зямля

   Bjelarusʹ - maja zjamlja

   Belarus is my land

Declension

	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

Declension of зямля́ (inan soft fem-form accent-d а-е)

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