žena
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɛna]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: že‧na
- Rhymes: -ɛna
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Noun
žena f (related adjective ženský)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Declension
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | žena | ženě | ženy |
genitive | ženy | ženú | žen |
dative | ženě | ženama | ženám |
accusative | ženu | ženě | ženy |
vocative | ženo | ženě | ženy |
locative | ženě | ženú | ženách |
instrumental | ženú | ženama | ženami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: žena
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “žena”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena. First attested in 1460.
Descendants
- Slovak: žena
References
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “žena”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒěna/
- Hyphenation: že‧na
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “žena” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slavomolisano
Etymology
Inherited from Serbo-Croatian žèna, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒěːnḁ/
Declension
References
- Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒena]
Noun
žena f (genitive singular ženy, nominative plural ženy, genitive plural žien, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
References
- “žena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛ̀ːna/
Inflection
Feminine, a-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | žêna | ||
gen. sing. | žêne | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žêna | žêni | žêne |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
žêne | žên | žên |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
žêni | žênama | žênam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
žêno | žêni | žêne |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žêni | žênah | žênah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
žêno | žênama | žênami |
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | žêna | ||
gen. sing. | žené | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
žêna | žené | žené |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
žené | žená | žená |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
žêni | ženáma | ženàm |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
ženó | žené | žené |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
žêni | ženàh | ženàh |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
ženó | ženáma | ženámi |