зямля

Belarusian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zʲamˈlʲa]

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Noun

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

1. soil, earth, ground

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.

Derived terms

• зе́мны (zjémny)

References

• “зямля” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org