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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian жо́нка (žónka). By surface analysis, жана́ (žaná) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
жо́нка • (žónka) f pers (genitive жо́нкі, nominative plural жо́нкі, genitive plural жо́нак, relational adjective жано́чы)
- wife (a married woman in relation to her husband)
- Мая жонка руская. ― Maja žónka ruskaja. ― My wife is Russian.
Declension
Declension of жо́нка (pr velar fem-form accent-a reduc)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
References
- “жонка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “жонка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жонъка (žonŭka), женъка (ženŭka), from Proto-Slavic *žènъka, from *ženà. By surface analysis, жона́ (žoná) + -ка (-ka).
Noun
жо́нка • (žónka) f
- wife
- woman
- female slave
- maidservant, housemaid
Descendants
Further reading
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жонка, женка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 51
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жонка, жунка”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: , →ISBN, page 178
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жинка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 931
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жонка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 940
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жунка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 942
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жѣнка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 947
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “жонка”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 363