žeńska

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See also: żeńska, ženska, ženská, and żeńską

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Substantivized from the adjective žeński (“female”), from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛnʲska/

Noun

žeńska f (diminutive žeńscycka)

woman
wife

Declension

Noun-like declension

Declension of žeńska

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	žeńska	žeńsce	žeński
Genitive	žeński	žeńskowu	žeńskow
Dative	žeńsce	žeńskoma	žeńskam
Accusative	žeńsku	žeńsce	žeński
Instrumental	žeńsku	žeńskoma	žeńskami
Locative	žeńsce	žeńskoma	žeńskach

Adjective-like declension

Declension of žeńska

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	žeńska	žeńskej	žeńske
Genitive	žeńskeje	žeńskeju	žeńskich
Dative	žeńskej	žeńskima	žeńskim
Accusative	žeńsku	žeńskej	žeńske
Instrumental	žeńskeju	žeńskima	žeńskimi
Locative	žeńskej	žeńskima	žeńskich

Synonyms

žona (literary)

Coordinate terms

muski (“man”)
cłowjek (“husband”)

Derived terms

Further reading

Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “žeńska”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999) “žeńska”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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