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женский

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ženьskъ. By surface analysis, жена́ (žená) +‎ -ский (-skij).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɛnskʲɪj]
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Adjective

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же́нский (žénskij)

  1. female
  2. woman's, women's
    • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Дорогие уроки; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Expensive Lessons, 1915:
      Она́ ушла́, оста́вив по́сле себя́ лёгкий, о́чень не́жный за́пах же́нского пла́тья.
      Oná ušlá, ostáviv pósle sebjá ljóxkij, óčenʹ néžnyj zápax žénskovo plátʹja.
      She went, leaving a slight and almost imperceptible perfume of a woman's dress behind her.
  3. (grammar) feminine
    же́нский родžénskij rodfeminine gender

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