вдова

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognate with English widow, German Witwe, French veuve, Spanish viuda, Italian vedova, Hindi विद्वा (vidvā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vdɐˈva]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

вдова́ • (vdová) f anim (genitive вдовы́, nominative plural вдо́вы, genitive plural вдов)

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

Derived terms

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

 

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Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wdɔˈʋa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

1. widow

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