Czech

Noun

žena f

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Antonyms

• muž m

Derived terms

• ženský m
• ženatý m
• oženit
• oženit se

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian žena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒěːnḁ/

Noun

žena f

1. woman

Declension

References

• Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒěna/
• Hyphenation: že‧na

Noun

žèna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling жѐна)

1. woman
2. wife

Declension

Derived terms

• žèniti
• žènskī

References

• “žena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Noun

žena f ‎(genitive singular ženy, nominative plural ženy, declension pattern of žena)

1. woman

Declension

Related terms

• ženský -á -é adj
• ženská f
• ženatý -á -é adj
• oženiť v
• oženiť sa v

References

• žena in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *genāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ̀ːna/
• Tonal orthography: žéna

Noun

žêna f ‎(genitive žêne or žené, nominative plural žêne or žené)

1. wife

Declension

See also

• móž
• žalik žena