жена

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic жена (žena), from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʒɛˈna]
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  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

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жена́ (ženáf (relational adjective же́нски, diminutive жени́ца)

  1. woman, lady, female
  2. wife, spouse
  3. charwoman, home help

Usage notes

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  • The vocative жено (ženo) is considered vulgar and is therefore generally avoided.

Declension

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References

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  • жена”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жена”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жена”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536

Anagrams

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Carpathian Rusyn

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Noun

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же́на (žénaf

  1. Lemko form of жона́ (žoná)

References

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Macedonian

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Macedonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mk

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛna]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: же‧на

Noun

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жена (ženaf (plural жени, relational adjective женски, diminutive женичка or женче, augmentative жениште or женетина)

  1. woman
  2. wife
    Synonym: сопруга f (sopruga)

Declension

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Old Church Slavonic

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Old Church Slavonic Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cu

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

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жена (ženaf

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

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See also

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Old East Slavic

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Жена (1).

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žena.

Pronunciation

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  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛˈnɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛˈna/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛˈna/
  • Hyphenation: же‧на

Noun

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жена (ženaf (diminutive женъка or жонка)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • (woman): мѫжь (mǫžĭ, man)
  • (wife): мѫжь (mǫžĭ, husband)

Descendants

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  • Old Ruthenian: жена (žena), жана (žana), жона (žona)
  • Russian: жена́ (žená)

References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жена”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 857

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic жена (žena), from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn, whence English queen and gyno-.

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Noun

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жена́ (ženáf anim (genitive жены́, nominative plural жёны, genitive plural жён, diminutive жёнушка or жену́ля or жену́лька)

  1. wife
    Synonym: супру́га (suprúga)
    Antonym: супру́г m (suprúg)
    Antonym: муж m (muž)
    • 1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава третья”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Они́ жену́ мне хоте́ли взять из орло́вских для того́, что́бы у нас бы́ло обновле́ние родства́.
      Oní ženú mne xotéli vzjatʹ iz orlóvskix dlja tovó, štóby u nas býlo obnovlénije rodstvá.
      She wanted to take a wife for me from the Orel girls, so as to renew the family.
  2. (obsolete) woman

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒěna/
  • Hyphenation: же‧на

Noun

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жѐна f (Latin spelling žèna, diminutive жѐница, relational adjective жѐнскӣ)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • жена” in Hrvatski jezični portal