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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьnica. By surface analysis, жа́ти (žáty) + -ни́ця (-nýcja), жнець (žnecʹ) + -иця (-ycja).
Pronunciation
Noun
жни́ця • (žnýcja) f pers (genitive жни́ці, nominative plural жни́ці, genitive plural жниць, male equivalent жнець, diminutive жни́чка)
- female equivalent of жнець (žnecʹ): female reaper
Declension
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “жни́ця”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жниця”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “жни́ця”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN