жена

See also: женя, Женя, and Appendix:Variations of "zena"

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒɛˈna]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

жена́ • (žená) f (relational adjective же́нски, diminutive жени́ца)

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

References

  • 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), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536

Anagrams

Carpathian Rusyn

Noun

же́на • (žéna) f

  1. Lemko form of жона́ (žoná)

References

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  • Ołeksandr Hojsak (2018) “жена”, in Słownik gwary łemkowskiej wsi Wysowa, 1 edition, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN, page 55

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

жена • (žena) f

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

See also

Old East Slavic

Жена (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

жена (žena) f (diminutive женъка or жонка)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Coordinate terms

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

Descendants

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

References

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

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈna]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

жена́ • (žená) f 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)
  2. (obsolete) woman

Declension

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • жена” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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