жена
Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Church Slavonic жена (žena), from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жена́ • (žená) f (relational adjective же́нски, diminutive жени́ца)
Usage notes
[edit]- The vocative жено (ženo) is considered vulgar and is therefore generally avoided.
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “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
[edit]- нежа (neža)
Carpathian Rusyn
[edit]Noun
[edit]же́на • (žéna) f
References
[edit]- Kercha, Ihor (2012) “жена”, in Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. [Russian-Rusyn Dictionary: in 2 vols] (overall work in Russian and Carpathian Rusyn), Uzhhorod: PoliPrint, page 268
- Ołeksandr Hojsak (2018) “жена”, in Słownik gwary łemkowskiej wsi Wysowa, 1 edition, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN, page 55
Macedonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жена • (žena) f (plural жени, relational adjective женски, diminutive женичка or женче, augmentative жениште or женетина)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- маж m (maž)
Derived terms
[edit]- едноженство n (ednoženstvo)
- жени impf (ženi)
- женидба f (ženidba)
- женица f (ženica)
- женичка f (ženička)
- жениште n (ženište)
- женка f (ženka)
- женкар m (ženkar)
- женкарство n (ženkarstvo)
- женска f (ženska)
- женскар m (ženskar)
- женски (ženski)
- женско n (žensko)
- женсковина f (ženskovina)
- женскост f (ženskost)
- женскотија f (ženskotija)
- женствен (ženstven)
- женственост f (ženstvenost)
- женче n (ženče)
- женчуле n (ženčule)
- женчуленце n (ženčulence)
- многуженство n (mnoguženstvo)
- ожени pf (oženi)
- прежени pf (preženi)
- преженува impf (preženuva)
- прожени pf (proženi)
- се жени impf (se ženi)
- се ожени pf (se oženi)
- се прежени pf (se preženi)
- се преженува impf (se preženuva)
- се прожени pf (se proženi)
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Glagolitic: ⰶⰵⱀⰰ (žena)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Noun
[edit]жена • (žena) f
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | жена žena |
женѣ ženě |
женꙑ ženy |
genitive | женꙑ ženy |
женоу ženu |
женъ ženŭ |
dative | женѣ ženě |
женама ženama |
женамъ ženamŭ |
accusative | женѫ ženǫ |
женѣ ženě |
женꙑ ženy |
instrumental | женоѭ ženojǫ |
женама ženama |
женами ženami |
locative | женѣ ženě |
женоу ženu |
женахъ ženaxŭ |
vocative | жено ženo |
женѣ ženě |
женꙑ ženy |
See also
[edit]отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”) | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ) |
отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
sibling | братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”) |
grandparent | дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
grandchild | въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”) | – (“granddaughter”) |
great-grandparent | прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”) | – (“great-grandmother”) |
mother's sibling | оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”) | – (“maternal aunt”) |
father's sibling | стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”) | – (“paternal aunt”) |
sibling's child | братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”) | братана (bratana, “niece”) |
cousin | братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”) | братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”) |
spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”) | жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”) |
parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
parent of husband | свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
sibling of husband | дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
spouse of child | зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
spouse of husband's brother | – | етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
stepchild | пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”) | – (“stepdaughter”) |
step-parent | отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”) | мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”) |
Old East Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *žena.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: же‧на
Noun
[edit]жена (žena) f (diminutive женъка or жонъка)
Declension
[edit]Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | жена žena |
женѣ ženě |
женꙑ ženy |
Genitive | женꙑ ženy |
жену ženu |
женъ ženŭ |
Dative | женѣ ženě |
женама ženama |
женамъ ženamŭ |
Accusative | женѫ ženǫ |
женѣ ženě |
женꙑ ženy |
Instrumental | женоѭ ženojǫ |
женама ženama |
женами ženami |
Locative | женѣ ženě |
жену ženu |
женахъ ženaxŭ |
Vocative | жено ženo |
женѣ ženě |
женꙑ ženy |
Coordinate terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn жона́ (žoná) and Slovak žena.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жена (žena) f (diminutive женочка, augmentative женїска, related adjective женов or женски)
Usage notes
[edit]Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жена”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “wife”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 377
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “woman”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 380
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]жена́ • (žená) f anim (genitive жены́, nominative plural жёны, genitive plural жён, diminutive жёнушка or жену́ля or жену́лька)
- wife
- 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.
- (obsolete) woman
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- жена́тый (ženátyj)
- жёнка (žónka)
- же́нщина (žénščina)
- жени́ть (ženítʹ)
- жени́ться (ženítʹsja)
- жени́тьба f (ženítʹba)
- женоненави́стничество n (ženonenavístničestvo)
- же́нин (žénin)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жѐна f (Latin spelling žèna, diminutive жѐница, relational adjective жѐнскӣ)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “жена”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Old Church Slavonic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Bulgarian/na
- Rhymes:Bulgarian/na/2 syllables
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian nouns
- Bulgarian feminine nouns
- bg:Female family members
- bg:Marriage
- bg:Female people
- Carpathian Rusyn lemmas
- Carpathian Rusyn nouns
- Carpathian Rusyn feminine nouns
- Lemko-Rusyn
- rue:Female people
- Macedonian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Macedonian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Macedonian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Macedonian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Macedonian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Macedonian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian paroxytone terms
- Macedonian terms with audio pronunciation
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian nouns
- Macedonian feminine nouns
- mk:Female family members
- mk:Marriage
- mk:Female people
- Old Church Slavonic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Church Slavonic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Church Slavonic lemmas
- Old Church Slavonic nouns
- Old Church Slavonic feminine nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard a-stem nouns
- Old Church Slavonic hard feminine a-stem nouns
- cu:Female family members
- cu:Marriage
- cu:Female people
- Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old East Slavic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old East Slavic lemmas
- Old East Slavic nouns
- Old East Slavic feminine nouns
- Old East Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- orv:Female family members
- orv:Marriage
- orv:Female people
- Pannonian Rusyn terms inherited from Old Slovak
- Pannonian Rusyn terms derived from Old Slovak
- Pannonian Rusyn terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Pannonian Rusyn terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Pannonian Rusyn terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Pannonian Rusyn/ɛna
- Rhymes:Pannonian Rusyn/ɛna/2 syllables
- Pannonian Rusyn lemmas
- Pannonian Rusyn nouns
- Pannonian Rusyn feminine nouns
- rsk:Female people
- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Russian/a
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian terms with quotations
- Russian terms with obsolete senses
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem feminine-form accent-d nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern d
- Russian nouns with vocative singular
- ru:Female family members
- ru:Marriage
- ru:Female people
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Female family members
- sh:Marriage
- sh:Female people