жена

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Bulgarian

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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):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

жена́ (ženáf (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

Declension of жена́
singular plural
indefinite жена́
žená
жени́
žení
definite жена́та
ženáta
жени́те
ženíte
vocative form же́но
žéno
жени́
žení

References

  • жена”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жена”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жена”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536

Anagrams

Carpathian Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: же‧на

Noun

жена́ (ženáf

  1. Prešov form of жона́ (žoná)
  2. Lemko form of жона́ (žoná)

References

  • Kercha, Ihor (2012) “жена”, in Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. (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
  • Юрій Панько (2015) “žena”, in Slovensko-rusínsky slovník/Словацько-русиньскый словник (in Ukrainian), volume 2, Prešov: Rusínska obroda na Slovensku, →ISBN, page 907

Macedonian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of жена
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

Derived terms

Old Church Slavonic

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

жена (ženaf

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of жена (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
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

Old East Slavic

Жена (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: же‧на

Noun

жена (ženaf (diminutive женъка or жонъка)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of жена (hard a-stem)
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

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

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жена”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 857

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn жона́ (žoná) and Slovak žena.

Pronunciation

Noun

жена (ženaf (diminutive женочка, augmentative женїска, related adjective женов or женски)

  1. female, woman
    Coordinate terms: хлоп (xlop), чловек (človek)
  2. wife
    Synonym: супруга (supruha)
    Coordinate terms: муж (muž), супруг (supruh), хлоп (xlop)

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of жена
singular plural
nominative жена (žena) жени (ženi)
genitive жени (ženi) женох (ženox)
dative жени (ženi) женом (ženom)
accusative жену (ženu) жени (ženi)
instrumental жену (ženu) женами / женми (ženami / ženmi)
locative жени (ženi) женох (ženox)
vocative жено (ženo) жени (ženi)
adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading

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

Noun

жена́ (ženáf 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)
    • 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.
  2. (obsolete, poetic) woman
    • 1997, Nautilus Pompilius , “Сёстры печали ”, in Яблокитай:
      Жёны ра́дости пьют твоё вре́мя, как во́ду,
      А сёстры печа́ли внеза́пны, как дождь;
      Жёнам ра́дости в тя́гость доро́ги свобо́ды,
      А сёстры печа́ли иду́т за тобо́й.
      Иду́т за тобо́й, пока́ не умрёшь...
      Žóny rádosti pʹjut tvojó vrémja, kak vódu,
      A sjóstry pečáli vnezápny, kak doždʹ;
      Žónam rádosti v tjágostʹ dorógi svobódy,
      A sjóstry pečáli idút za tobój.
      Idút za tobój, poká ne umrjóšʹ...
      Women of joy drink thy time as if it's water,
      And sisters of sorrow are sudden like rain;
      Women of joy are weary of liberty's roads,
      And sisters of sorrow go after thee.
      Go after thee, till thou'll die...

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

Declension of жена
singular plural
nominative жѐна жене
genitive жене же́на̄
dative жени женама
accusative жену жене
vocative же̏но жене
locative жени женама
instrumental женом женама

Derived terms

References

  • жена”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025