vdova

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdova]

Noun

vdova f

1. widow (whose husband died)

Related terms

• vdovec
• ovdovět

Further reading

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Noun

vdova f (genitive singular vdovy, nominative plural vdovy, genitive plural vdov, declension pattern of žena)

1. widow (a woman whose husband died)

Declension

Declension of vdova

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

Derived terms

• vdovička

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, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋdɔ́ːʋa/

Noun

vdȏva f (male equivalent vdôvec)

1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)

Inflection

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