сваха

Russian

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvaxə]

Noun

сва́ха • (sváxa) f anim (genitive сва́хи, nominative plural сва́хи, genitive plural свах, male equivalent сват)

1. female equivalent of сват (svat): female matchmaker, go-between
2. (regional, colloquial) co-mother-in-law (the female parent of one of the spouses in relation to parents of another spouse)

   Synonym: сва́тья (svátʹja)

Declension

Declension of сва́ха (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сва́ха sváxa	сва́хи sváxi
genitive	сва́хи sváxi	сва́х sváx
dative	сва́хе sváxe	сва́хам sváxam
accusative	сва́ху sváxu	сва́х sváx
instrumental	сва́хой, сва́хою sváxoj, sváxoju	сва́хами sváxami
prepositional	сва́хе sváxe	сва́хах sváxax

Ukrainian

Etymology

PIE word
*swé

By surface analysis, сват (svat) +‎ -ха (-xa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʋaxɐ]

Noun

сва́ха • (sváxa) f pers (genitive сва́хи, nominative plural сва́хи, genitive plural свах, male equivalent сват)

1. female equivalent of сват (svat): female matchmaker, go-between
2. (colloquial) co-mother-in-law (the female parent of one of the spouses in relation to parents of another spouse)

Declension

Declension of сва́ха
(pers hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	сва́ха sváxa	сва́хи sváxy
genitive	сва́хи sváxy	свах svax
dative	сва́сі svási	сва́хам sváxam
accusative	сва́ху sváxu	свах svax
instrumental	сва́хою sváxoju	сва́хами sváxamy
locative	сва́сі svási	сва́хах sváxax
vocative	сва́хо sváxo	сва́хи sváxy

References

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