"žьmьnь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: Related to *žęti (“to press, to squeeze”).
  1. fistful, handful (amount held in hand) Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-žьmьnь-sla-pro-noun-71f4GSu- Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header
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            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Belarusian",
                  "lang_code": "be",
                  "roman": "žmjénja",
                  "word": "жме́ня"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Belarusian",
                  "lang_code": "be",
                  "roman": "žmin",
                  "tags": [
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                  ],
                  "word": "жмін"
                },
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                  "lang": "Russian",
                  "lang_code": "ru",
                  "roman": "žménja",
                  "word": "жме́ня"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Ruthenian",
              "lang_code": "zle-ort",
              "roman": "žménja",
              "word": "жме́нꙗ"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "roman": "žménja",
              "word": "жме́ня"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "lang_code": "orv",
          "roman": "*žĭmĭnja",
          "word": "*жьмьнꙗ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Czech",
          "lang_code": "cs",
          "word": "žemně"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "word": "žmeň"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to *žęti (“to press, to squeeze”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьmьnь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "fistful, handful (amount held in hand)"
      ],
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          "handful",
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "žьmьnь"
}
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            {
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                {
                  "lang": "Belarusian",
                  "lang_code": "be",
                  "roman": "žmjénja",
                  "word": "жме́ня"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Belarusian",
                  "lang_code": "be",
                  "roman": "žmin",
                  "tags": [
                    "dialectal"
                  ],
                  "word": "жмін"
                },
                {
                  "lang": "Russian",
                  "lang_code": "ru",
                  "roman": "žménja",
                  "word": "жме́ня"
                }
              ],
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              "lang_code": "zle-ort",
              "roman": "žménja",
              "word": "жме́нꙗ"
            },
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              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "roman": "žménja",
              "word": "жме́ня"
            }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
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          "lang_code": "cs",
          "word": "žemně"
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        {
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "lang_code": "sk",
          "word": "žmeň"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to *žęti (“to press, to squeeze”).",
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьmьnь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic terms with redundant head parameter"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fistful, handful (amount held in hand)"
      ],
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          "fistful",
          "fistful"
        ],
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          "handful",
          "handful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "žьmьnь"
}

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