žena

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zena"

Czech

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: že‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɛna

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

žena f (related adjective ženský)

  1. woman
    Antonym: muž
  2. wife
    Synonyms: manželka, choť
    Antonyms: manžel, muž
Declension
Declension of žena (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative žena ženy
genitive ženy žen
dative ženě ženám
accusative ženu ženy
vocative ženo ženy
locative ženě ženách
instrumental ženou ženami
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

žena

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of hnát

Further reading

  • “žena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “žena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “žena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒɛna/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒɛna/

Noun

žena f

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of žena (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative žena ženě ženy
genitive ženy ženú žen
dative ženě ženama ženám
accusative ženu ženě ženy
vocative ženo ženě ženy
locative ženě ženú ženách
instrumental ženú ženama ženami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: žena

Further reading

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena. First attested in 1460.

Noun

žena f

  1. woman (adult female human)
  2. wife (female married partner)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “žena”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒěna/
  • Hyphenation: že‧na

Noun

žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна, diminutive žènica, relational adjective žènskī)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of žena
singular plural
nominative žèna žène
genitive žènē žénā
dative žèni žènama
accusative žènu žène
vocative žȅno žȅne
locative žèni žènama
instrumental žènōm žènama

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “žena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Inherited from Serbo-Croatian žèna, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

Noun

žena f

  1. woman

Declension

    declension of žena (series-2b fem)
singular plural
nominative žena
 žene
genitive žene
 žen, ženi
dative ženu
 ženami, ženi
accusative ženu
 žene
locative ženu
 žene
instrumental ženom
 ženami, ženi

References

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena.

Pronunciation

Noun

žena f (related adjective ženský)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension

Declension of žena (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeženaženy
genitiveženyžien
dativeženeženám
accusativeženuženy
locativeženeženách
instrumentalženouženami

Further reading

  • “žena”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

Noun

žéna f

  1. wife

Declension

 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. žêna
gen. sing. žêne
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		žêna žêni žêne
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		žêne žên žên
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		žêni žênama žênam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		žêno žêni žêne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		žêni žênah žênah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		žêno žênama žênami
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, long mixed accent
nom. sing. žêna
gen. sing. žené
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		žêna žené žené
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		žené žená žená
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		žêni ženáma ženàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ženó žené žené
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		žêni ženàh ženàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ženó ženáma ženámi

See also

Further reading

  • “žena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “žena”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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