вдова

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *widewāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Cognate with English widow, German Witwe, French veuve, Spanish viuda, Italian vedova, Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vdɐˈva]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вдова́ • (vdová) f anim (genitive вдовы́, nominative plural вдо́вы, genitive plural вдов, male equivalent вдове́ц, relational adjective вдо́вий)

1. widow

Declension

Declension of вдова́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	вдова́ vdová	вдо́вы vdóvy
genitive	вдовы́ vdový	вдо́в vdóv
dative	вдове́ vdové	вдо́вам vdóvam
accusative	вдову́ vdovú	вдо́в vdóv
instrumental	вдово́й, вдово́ю vdovój, vdovóju	вдо́вами vdóvami
prepositional	вдове́ vdové	вдо́вах vdóvax

Pre-reform declension of вдова́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	вдова́ vdová	вдо́вы vdóvy
genitive	вдовы́ vdový	вдо́въ vdóv
dative	вдовѣ́ vdově́	вдо́вамъ vdóvam
accusative	вдову́ vdovú	вдо́въ vdóv
instrumental	вдово́й, вдово́ю vdovój, vdovóju	вдо́вами vdóvami
prepositional	вдовѣ́ vdově́	вдо́вахъ vdóvax

Derived terms

• вдове́ц (vdovéc)
• вдо́вий (vdóvij)
• вдовство́ (vdovstvó)
• вдо́вушка (vdóvuška)
• овдове́ть (ovdovétʹ)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *widewāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wdɔˈʋa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вдова́ • (vdová) f pers (genitive вдови́, nominative plural вдо́ви, genitive plural вдів, male equivalent вдіве́ць, relational adjective вдови́ний or вдови́н or вдови́чий)

1. widow

Usage notes

• The forms вдова́ (vdová) (used after vowels) and удова́ (udová) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Declension

Declension of вдова́
(pers hard fem-form accent-d о-і)

	singular	plural
nominative	вдова́ vdová	вдо́ви vdóvy
genitive	вдови́ vdový	вдів vdiv
dative	вдові́ vdoví	вдо́вам vdóvam
accusative	вдову́ vdovú	вдів vdiv
instrumental	вдово́ю vdovóju	вдо́вами vdóvamy
locative	вдові́ vdoví	вдо́вах vdóvax
vocative	вдо́во vdóvo	вдо́ви vdóvy

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вдова”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka