Жамойць
Belarusian
editAlternative forms
edit- Жмудзь (Žmudzʹ) — via Polish
- Жамо́йдзь (Žamójdzʹ) — Taraškievica orthography
- Žamojć, Žmudź, Žamojdź — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
editUltimately from Lithuanian and Samogitian žemaitis (“a Samogitian”). Cognate to obsolete Russian Жомо́йть (Žomójtʹ), Жемо́ть (Žemótʹ), and more distantly to Polish Żmudź.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editЖамо́йць • (Žamójcʹ) f inan (genitive Жамо́йці, uncountable)
- Samogitia
- Synonyms: Самагі́ція (Samahícija), Жэмайція (Žemajcija)
Declension
editDeclension of Жамо́йць (inan sg-only soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
Related terms
editnouns
- жамо́йты (žamójty, “Samogitians”)
Categories:
- Belarusian terms derived from Lithuanian
- Belarusian terms derived from Samogitian
- Belarusian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Belarusian/ojt͡sʲ
- Rhymes:Belarusian/ojt͡sʲ/2 syllables
- Belarusian lemmas
- Belarusian proper nouns
- Belarusian uncountable nouns
- Belarusian feminine nouns
- Belarusian inanimate nouns
- Belarusian soft third-declension feminine-form nouns
- Belarusian soft third-declension feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Belarusian nouns with accent pattern a
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