жменя

Borrowed from Ukrainian жме́ня (žménja).

Compare typologically гра́бка (grábka) (usually гра́бки pl (grábki), akin to гра́бить (grábitʹ), грести́ (grestí), граба́стать (grabástatʹ), also note гра́бли pl (grábli), загребу́щий (zagrebúščij)),

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐmʲenʲə]

жме́ня • (žménja) f inan (genitive жме́ни, nominative plural жме́ни, genitive plural жме́ней)

1. (regional, colloquial, Ukraine) the palm with the fingers bent so that they could scoop up, grab or hold something
2. (regional, colloquial) handful

• жа́мкать impf (žámkatʹ)
• жать impf (žatʹ)
• жма́кать impf (žmákatʹ)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “жать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “жмарить”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “жмакать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “жамкать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жме́нꙗ (žménja, “handful”), from Proto-Slavic *žьmьnь, *žьmьňa, with -я (-ja).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒmɛnʲɐ]

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жме́ня • (žménja) f inan (genitive жме́ні, nominative plural жме́ні, genitive plural жмень, diminutive жме́нька)

1. the palm with the fingers bent so that they could scoop up, grab or hold something
2. handful, fistful (the amount that a hand will grasp or contain)
3. bunch, handful, couple, group (a number of things)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жменя”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “жменя”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “жменя”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “жменя”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “жменя”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “жменя”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “жменя”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]