жених

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ženixъ. Agent noun of же́ня се (žénja se, “to get a wife”) +‎ -их (-ih).

• IPA^(key): [ʒɛˈnix]

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жени́х • (ženíh) m

1. groom

   Synonym: младоже́нец (mladožénec)

• “жених”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “жених”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• жени́хъ (ženíx) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ženixъ.

• IPA^(key): [ʐɨˈnʲix]

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жени́х • (ženíx) m anim (genitive жениха́, nominative plural женихи́, genitive plural женихо́в, diminutive женишо́к)

1. bridegroom; fiancé

• невеста (nevesta)

• → Ingrian: senihka
• → Komi-Zyrian: жӧник (žöńik)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жених”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• жених in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

From Proto-Slavic *ženixъ.

• IPA^(key): [ʒeˈnɪx]

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жени́х • (ženýx) m pers (genitive жениха́, nominative plural женихи́, genitive plural женихі́в)

1. bridegroom; fiancé

   Synonym: нарече́ний m (narečényj)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жених”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “жених”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)