vdova

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vdova, from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdova]

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• Rhymes: -ova
• Hyphenation: vdo‧va

Noun

vdova f (male equivalent vdovec, relational adjective vdovský, diminutive vdovička)

1. widow (whose husband died)

Declension

Declension of vdova (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	vdova	vdovy
genitive	vdovy	vdov
dative	vdově	vdovám
accusative	vdovu	vdovy
vocative	vdovo	vdovy
locative	vdově	vdovách
instrumental	vdovou	vdovami

Derived terms

• černá vdova
• slaměná vdova
• vdovství

Related terms

• ovdovělý
• ovdovět
• vdovec

Further reading

• “vdova”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vdova”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vdova”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vdɔva/, [ˈvdɔʋa]
• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Hyphenation: vdo‧va

Noun

vdova f (diminutive vdovička)

1. widow (a woman whose husband died)

Declension

Declension of vdova
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	vdova	vdovy
genitive	vdovy	vdov
dative	vdove	vdovám
accusative	vdovu	vdovy
locative	vdove	vdovách
instrumental	vdovou	vdovami

Related terms

• vdovec
• ovdovieť

Further reading

• “vdova”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋdɔ́ːʋa/

Noun

vdȏva f (male equivalent vdôvec)

1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	vdôva
gen. sing.	vdôve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vdôva	vdôvi	vdôve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vdôve	vdôv	vdôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	vdôvi	vdôvama	vdôvam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vdôvo	vdôvi	vdôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vdôvi	vdôvah	vdôvah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vdôvo	vdôvama	vdôvami

Further reading

• “vdova”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026