žena

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛna/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna

Noun

žena f

1. woman
2. wife

Antonyms

• muž m

Derived terms

• ženský m
• ženatý m
• oženit
• oženit se

Verb

žena

1. masculine singular present transgressive of hnát

Further reading

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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	žene
genitive	žene	žénā
dative	ženi	ženama
accusative	ženu	žene
vocative	žȅno	žene
locative	ženi	ženama
instrumental	ženom	ženama

Derived terms

• žèniti
• žènskī

References

• “žena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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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).

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.na/

Noun

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

1. woman

Declension

Declension of žena

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

Related terms

• ženský -á -é adj
• ženská f
• žensky
• ženskosť, ženstvo
• ženatý -á -é adj
• oženiť v
• oženiť sa v

References

• “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, 2024

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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

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

• móž
• ženska
• žalik žena