жонка

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Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian жо́нка (žónka). By surface analysis, жана́ (žaná) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -onka
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: жон‧ка

Noun

жо́нка • (žónka) f pers (genitive жо́нкі, nominative plural жо́нкі, genitive plural жо́нак, relational adjective жано́чы)

  1. 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)
singular plural
nominative жо́нка
žónka 		жо́нкі
žónki
genitive жо́нкі
žónki 		жо́нак
žónak
dative жо́нцы
žóncy 		жо́нкам
žónkam
accusative жо́нку
žónku 		жо́нак
žónak
instrumental жо́нкай, жо́нкаю
žónkaj, žónkaju 		жо́нкамі
žónkami
locative жо́нцы
žóncy 		жо́нках
žónkax
count form — жо́нкі1
žónki1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

adjectives

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

Alternative forms

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

  1. wife
  2. woman
  3. female slave
  4. maidservant, housemaid

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жонка, женка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (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. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 178
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жинка”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (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 [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (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 [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (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 [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (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. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 363
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