женитва

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word женитва. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word женитва, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say женитва in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word женитва you have here. The definition of the word женитва will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofженитва, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena + Proto-Slavic *-tva.

Akin to Czech ženitba, Bulgarian женитба (ženitba), Macedonian женидба (ženidba) Serbo-Croatian женидба, Kashubian Żenba, Slovak ženba. Probably connected with Sanskrit जनित्व (janitva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʑɛˈnitʋɑ/→/ʑɛˈnʲitʋa/→/ʑɛˈnʲitʋa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛˈnitʋɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛˈnʲitʋa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɛˈnʲitʋa/

Noun

женитва (ženitva) f

  1. marriage
    въ мироу и в батьствѣ и въ женитвѣ
  2. wedding

Declension

Declension of женитва (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative женитва
ženitva 		женитвѣ
ženitvě 		женитвꙑ
ženitvy
Genitive женитвꙑ
ženitvy 		женитву
ženitvu 		женитвъ
ženitvŭ
Dative женитвѣ
ženitvě 		женитвама
ženitvama 		женитвамъ
ženitvamŭ
Accusative женитвѫ
ženitvǫ 		женитвѣ
ženitvě 		женитвꙑ
ženitvy
Instrumental женитвоѭ
ženitvojǫ 		женитвама
ženitvama 		женитвами
ženitvami
Locative женитвѣ
ženitvě 		женитву
ženitvu 		женитвахъ
ženitvaxŭ
Vocative женитво
ženitvo 		женитвѣ
ženitvě 		женитвꙑ
ženitvy

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “женитва”, 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 858
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia