Contionary:zmū
Pomorian
Alternative forms
zmānenavine - in Eastern dialects
Etymology
From Old Pomorian zmū. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źmō; compare with Old Prussian zmō (zmānenawins), Lithuanian žmogus (Old Lithuanian - žmuo). Both Common Slavic and Latvian lost their original termes for human being, using cilvēks (in Latvian it is a borrowing from a Common Slavic dialect, where it was *čьlvěkъ), *čelověkъ (in Common Slavic, from *kela-waikas - Early Proto-Slavic *kelendis - peasant and *waikas - force, vibrant) and людина (liudyna) in Ukrainian (which was formed from *ljȗdъ - people - and the suffix *-ìna).
From Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰm̥mṓ (earthling); compare Old High German gumo, Latin homō and Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma). The word was formed from *dʰéǵʰōm (earth) and the suffix -mṓ.
Pronunciation
/ˈzmuː/
Noun
zmū́ f (5th declension)
- human being, person
- dabri, juona zmū - good, young person.
- izcini zmeny - the origin of a human being
- zmenų supaląči - human society
Declension
| Declension of n (5th declension-f B) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | zmū́ | zmèni | zmèny |
| Genitive | zmèny | zmènu | zmènų |
| Dative | zmènie | zmènima | zmènim(e) |
| Accusative | zmènį | zmèni | zmènį |
| Instrumental | zmène | zmènima | zmènimy |
| Locative | zmènė | zmènu | zmènihu |
| Vocative | zmènie | zmènie | zmèny |
Derived termes
- zmeniske - of a human
- zmeniskisti - human quality
- zmenuva - humanity
- zmenyba - humaneness, compassion