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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]
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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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Declension of жена
singular plural
indefinite жена (žena) жени (ženi)
definite unspecified жената (ženata) жените (ženite)
definite proximal женава (ženava) жениве (ženive)
definite distal женана (ženana) женине (ženine)
vocative жено (ženo) жени (ženi)

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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  • IPA(key): /ʑɛˈnɑ//ʑɛˈna//ʑɛˈna/
  • (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 жонъка)

  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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 857

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn жона́ (žoná) and Slovak žena.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛna]
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: же‧на

Noun

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жена (ženaf (diminutive женочка, augmentative женїска, related adjective женов or женски)

  1. female, woman
    Coordinate term: хлоп (xlop)
  2. wife
    Synonym: супруга (supruha)
    Coordinate terms: муж (muž), супруг (supruh), хлоп (xlop)

Usage notes

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Declension

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adjectives
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Further reading

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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-.

Pronunciation

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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

Declension

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Derived terms

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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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024