Zima
English
Etymology
From zima ("winter" in Slavic languages).
Proper noun
Zima (plural Zimas)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Zima is the 20996th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1253 individuals. Zima is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zima”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
From zima (“winter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɪma]
Proper noun
Zima m anim (female equivalent Zimová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Zima (masculine animate in -a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zima | Zimové |
| genitive | Zimy | Zimů |
| dative | Zimovi | Zimům |
| accusative | Zimu | Zimy |
| vocative | Zimo | Zimové |
| locative | Zimovi | Zimech |
| instrumental | Zimou | Zimy |
Further reading
- “Zima”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Polish
Etymology
From zima.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʑi.ma/
- Rhymes: -ima
- Syllabification: Zi‧ma
- Homophone: zima
Proper noun
Zima m pers
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Zima
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zima | Zimowie |
| genitive | Zimy | Zimów |
| dative | Zimie | Zimom |
| accusative | Zimę | Zimów |
| instrumental | Zimą | Zimami |
| locative | Zimie | Zimach |
| vocative | Zimo | Zimowie |
Proper noun
Zima f
- a female surname
Declension
Declension of Zima
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zima | Zimy |
| genitive | Zimy | Zim |
| dative | Zimie | Zimom |
| accusative | Zimę | Zimy |
| instrumental | Zimą | Zimami |
| locative | Zimie | Zimach |
| vocative | Zimo | Zimy |
Further reading
- “Zima”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzima]
Proper noun
Zima m pers (female equivalent Zimová)
- a male surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Zima | Zimovia | Zimovci |
| genitive | Zimu | Zimov | Zimovcov |
| dative | Zimovi | Zimom | Zimovcom |
| accusative | Zimu | Zimov | Zimovcov |
| locative | Zimovi | Zimoch | Zimovcoch |
| instrumental | Zimom | Zimami | Zimovcami |
Further reading
- “Zima”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025