женщина

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Russian

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Же́нщина

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ženьščina, from *ženьskъ + *-ina, from *žena + *-ьskъ. By surface analysis, же́нский (žénskij) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɛnʲɕːɪnə]
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Noun

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же́нщина (žénščinaf anim (genitive же́нщины, nominative plural же́нщины, genitive plural же́нщин, relational adjective же́нский)

  1. woman
  2. (low colloquial) Madam, lady, woman (rather crude but common form of address)

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “женщина”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 299