землꙗ

See also: земља, земля, Земља, and Земля

Old Church Slavonic

Зємлꙗ и небо.

Alternative forms

• ꙁємлꙗ (zemlja)
• ꙁємл҄ѣ (zemlʹě)
• ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ (zemlě) (Glagolitic)
• земьꙗ (zemĭja)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”).

Noun

землꙗ • (zemlja) f

1. earth
   • “ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ (line -12, leaf 125)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6]‎^[5] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Lk:21:33:

     ⱀⰵⰱⱁ ⰻ ⰸⰵⰿⰾⱑ ⰿⰻⰿⱁ ⰻⰴⰵⱅⱏ· ⰰ ⱄⰾⱁⰲⰵⱄⰰ ⰿⱁⱑ ⱀⰵ ⰿⰻⰿⱁ ⰻⰴⱘⱅⱏ⁘

     nebo i zemlě mimo idetŭ· a slovesa moě ne mimo idǫtŭ⁘

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. land

Usage notes

• Alternative Dsg: земи (zemi), ⰸⰵⰿⰻ (zemi)

Declension

Declension of землꙗ (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	земл҄ꙗ zemlʹja	земл҄и zemlʹi	земл҄ѧ zemlʹę
genitive	земл҄ѧ zemlʹę	земл҄оу zemlʹu	земл҄ь zemlʹĭ
dative	земл҄и zemlʹi	земл҄ама zemlʹama	земл҄амъ zemlʹamŭ
accusative	земл҄ѫ zemlʹǫ	земл҄и zemlʹi	земл҄ѧ zemlʹę
instrumental	земл҄еѭ zemlʹejǫ	земл҄ама zemlʹama	земл҄ами zemlʹami
locative	земл҄и zemlʹi	земл҄оу zemlʹu	земл҄ахъ zemlʹaxŭ
vocative	земл҄е zemlʹe	земл҄и zemlʹi	земл҄ѧ zemlʹę

Derived terms

• землѥлѣганиѥ (zemljelěganije)
• земльскъ (zemlĭskŭ)

Related terms

• земьнъ (zemĭnŭ)
• земьскъ (zemĭskŭ)

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “землꙗ”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 235
• Vatroslav Jagić (1883) “землѣ”, in Памятникъ глаголической письменности. Маріинское четвероевангеліе съ примѣчаніями и приложеніями.‎^[6] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 513
• Karl Meyer (1935) “земьꙗ”, in Altkirchenslavisch-griechisches Wörterbuch des Codex Suprasliensis‎^[7] (in German), Glückstadt, Hamburg: Verlag J. J. Augustin, page 82

Old East Slavic

Землꙗ.

Alternative forms

• землѧ (zemlę)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zemľa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛˈmlʲɑ/→/zʲɛˈmlʲa/→/zʲɛˈmlʲa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /zɛˈmlʲɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /zʲɛˈmlʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /zʲɛˈmlʲa/

• Hyphenation: зе‧млꙗ

Noun

землꙗ (zemlja) f

1. soil
2. land
3. world, earth
4. land, country
5. nation, people
6. Name of the letter з in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Declension

Declension of землꙗ (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	землꙗ zemlja	земли zemli	землѣ zemlě
Genitive	землѣ zemlě	землю zemlju	земль zemlĭ
Dative	земли zemli	землꙗма zemljama	землꙗмъ zemljamŭ
Accusative	землѭ zemljǫ	земли zemli	землѣ zemlě
Instrumental	землеѭ zemlejǫ	землꙗма zemljama	землꙗми zemljami
Locative	земли zemli	землю zemlju	землꙗхъ zemljaxŭ
Vocative	земле zemle	земли zemli	землѣ zemlě

Synonyms

• земꙗ (zemja)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: землꙗ́ (zemljá)
  • Belarusian: зямля́ (zjamljá)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: земля́ (zemljá)
  • Ukrainian: земля́ (zemljá)
• Russian: земля́ (zemljá)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “землꙗ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[8] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 972