vdova
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vdova, from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.
Pronunciation
Noun
vdova f (masculine vdovec, related adjective vdovský, diminutive vdovička)
- widow (whose husband died)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- vdova in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- vdova in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- vdova in Internetová jazyková příručka
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.
Pronunciation
Noun
vdova f (genitive singular vdovy, nominative plural vdovy, genitive plural vdov, declension pattern of žena)
- widow (a woman whose husband died)
Declension
Declension of vdova
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “vdova”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.
Pronunciation
Noun
vdȏva f (male equivalent vdôvec)
- widow (a woman whose husband has died)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | vdôva | ||
| gen. sing. | vdôve | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
vdôva | vdôvi | vdôve |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
vdôve | vdôv | vdôv |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
vdôvi | vdôvama | vdôvam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
vdôvo | vdôvi | vdôve |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
vdôvi | vdôvah | vdôvah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
vdôvo | vdôvama | vdôvami |
Further reading
- “vdova”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran