жона

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Carpathian Rusyn

Alternative forms

же́на (žéna) — Lemko

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жена (žena), from Old East Slavic жена (žena), from Proto-Slavic *žena.

Noun

жона́ • (žoná) f

wife
Каріє́ра му цімбо́р, жона́ тай люба́ска.
Karijéra mu cimbór, žoná taj ljubáska.
For him a career is a friend, wife and mistress.
woman

Declension

declension of жона

	singular	plural
nominative (номінатів)	жона (žona)	жоны (žonŷ)
genitive (ґенітів)	жоны (žonŷ)	жон (žon)
dative (датів)	жонї (žonji)	жонам (žonam)
accusative (акузатів)	жону (žonu)	жоны (žonŷ)
instrumental (інштрументал)	жонов (žonov)	жонами (žonamy)
locative (локал)	жонї (žonji)	жонам (žonam)
vocative (вокатів)	жоно (žono)	-

References

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian жена (žena), rom Old East Slavic жена (žena), from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

жона́ • (žoná) f pers (genitive жони́, nominative plural жо́ни, genitive plural жон)

(archaic or folk poetic) woman
Synonym: (more common) жі́нка (žínka)
(archaic or or folk poetic) wife
Synonyms: (more common) дружи́на (družýna), (more common) жі́нка (žínka)

Declension

Declension of жона́ (pers hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	жона́ žoná	жо́ни žóny
genitive	жони́ žoný	жон žon
dative	жоні́ žoní	жо́нам žónam
accusative	жону́ žonú	жон žon
instrumental	жоно́ю žonóju	жо́нами žónamy
locative	жоні́ žoní	жо́нах žónax
vocative	жо́но žóno	жо́ни žóny

References

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жона”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
“жона”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

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