жінка

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic [Term?], cognate to compare to Belarusian жо́нка (žónka). Equivalent to жона́ (žoná) +‎ -ка (-ka). The root is from Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒʲinkɐ]

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Noun

1. woman
2. wife

Synonyms

• дружи́на (družýna, “wife”)
• супру́га (suprúha, “wife, spouse”)

Antonyms

• чоловік (čolovik)
• муж (muž, “husband”)
• супру́г (suprúh, “husband, spouse”)

References

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