Old East Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ženъka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʑɛnʊkɑ//ˈʑɛnʊka//ˈʑɛːnka/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛnʊkɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛnʊka/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɛːnka/

  • Hyphenation: же‧нъ‧ка

Noun

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женъка (ženŭkaf

  1. diminutive of жена (žena)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “женъка”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 859