žena

See also: zena, Zena, zēna, zēnā, Zêna, and zenă

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛna]
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  • Hyphenation: že‧na
  • Rhymes: -ɛna

Etymology 1

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

Noun

žena f

  1. woman
    Antonym: muž
  2. wife
    Synonyms: manželka, choť
    Antonyms: manžel, muž
Declension
Declension of žena
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, 1935–1957
  • žena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • žena in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɛna/

Noun

žena f

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension
Declension (pattern žena)
singular dual plural
nominative žena ženě ženy
genitive ženy ženú (ženou) žen
dative ženě ženama, ženoma ženám
accusative ženu ženě ženy
vocative ženo ženě ženy
locative ženě ženú (ženou) ženách
instrumental ženú (ženou) ženama, ženoma ženami

Descendants
  • Czech: žena

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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)

  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

References
  • “žena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slavomolisano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒěːnḁ/

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒena]

Noun

žena f (genitive singular ženy, nominative plural ženy, genitive plural žien, declension pattern of žena)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension
Declension of žena
singular plural
nominative žena ženy
genitive ženy žien
dative žene ženám
accusative ženu ženy
locative žene ženách
instrumental ženou ženami

References
  • žena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒɛ̀ːna/

Noun

žéna f

  1. wife

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. žêna
gen. sing. žêne
singular dual plural
nominative žêna žêni žêne
accusative žêno žêni žêne
genitive žêne žên žên
dative žêni žênama žênam
locative žêni žênah žênah
instrumental žêno žênama žênami
Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing. žêna
gen. sing. žené
singular dual plural
nominative žêna žené žené
accusative ženó žené žené
genitive žené žená žená
dative žêni ženáma ženàm
locative žêni ženàh ženàh
instrumental ženó ženáma ženámi

See also

Further reading
  • “žena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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