See also: zien, Zień, and žien

Masurian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish ziemia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʒjeɲ/
  • Rhymes: -eɲ
  • Syllabification: żiéń

Noun

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żiéń f

  1. earth (all that which is under the sky)
  2. earth, land (solid ground, as opposed to air or water)
  3. country, land

Further reading

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  • Piotr Szatkowski (Psioter ôt Sziatków) (2019) “żiéń, żiéniá”, in MAZURSKI FÉBEL abo MAZURSKÁ FIBLA, czyli ELEMENTARZ mowy mazurskiej[1] (in Masurian), Ełk: Ełckie Centrum Kultury, →ISBN, archived from the original on 18 November 2023, page 84