"жена" meaning in Old East Slavic

See жена in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʑɛˈnɑ/, /ʑɛˈna/, /ʑɛˈna/, /ʑɛˈnɑ/ (note: ca. 9ᵗʰ CE), /ʑɛˈna/ (note: ca. 11ᵗʰ CE), /ʑɛˈna/ (note: ca. 13ᵗʰ CE)
Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *žena. Etymology templates: {{dercat|orv|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|orv|sla-pro|*žena}} Proto-Slavic *žena Head templates: {{head|orv|noun|diminutive|женъка|or|жонъка|||||||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sc=|tr=}} жена (žena) f (diminutive женъка or жонъка), {{orv-noun|f|dim=женъка|dim2=жонъка}} жена (žena) f (diminutive женъка or жонъка) Forms: žena [romanization], женъка [diminutive], жонъка [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], жена [nominative, singular], женѣ [dual, nominative], женꙑ [nominative, plural], женꙑ [genitive, singular], жену [dual, genitive], женъ [genitive, plural], женѣ [dative, singular], женама [dative, dual], женамъ [dative, plural], женѫ [accusative, singular], женѣ [accusative, dual], женꙑ [accusative, plural], женоѭ [instrumental, singular], женама [dual, instrumental], женами [instrumental, plural], женѣ [locative, singular], жену [dual, locative], женахъ [locative, plural], жено [singular, vocative], женѣ [dual, vocative], женꙑ [plural, vocative]
  1. woman Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms (woman): мѫжь (mǫžĭ) (english: man)
    Sense id: en-жена-orv-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Female people Disambiguation of Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female people: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'woman': 100 0
  2. wife Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms (wife): мѫжь (mǫžĭ) (english: husband)
    Sense id: en-жена-orv-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header, Female family members Disambiguation of Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female family members: 12 87 Disambiguation of 'wife': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Marriage Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 0

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "orv",
      "name": "Marriage",
      "orig": "orv:Marriage",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "жена",
            "3": "жана",
            "4": "жона"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: жена (žena), жана (žana), жона (žona)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: жена (žena), жана (žana), жона (žona)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "жана́"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: жана́ (žaná)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: жана́ (žaná) (dated)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rue",
            "2": "жона́",
            "3": "же́на",
            "qq2": "Lemko"
          },
          "expansion": "Carpathian Rusyn: жона́ (žoná), же́на (žéna) (Lemko)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Carpathian Rusyn: жона́ (žoná), же́на (žéna) (Lemko)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "жона́"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: жона́ (žoná)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: жона́ (žoná) (dated)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "жена́"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: жена́ (žená)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: жена́ (žená)"
    }
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *žena.",
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      "form": "žena",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женъка",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жонъка",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orv-table entry",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "жена",
      "roman": "žena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женꙑ",
      "roman": "ženy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женꙑ",
      "roman": "ženy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жену",
      "roman": "ženu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женъ",
      "roman": "ženŭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женама",
      "roman": "ženama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женамъ",
      "roman": "ženamŭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѫ",
      "roman": "ženǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женꙑ",
      "roman": "ženy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женоѭ",
      "roman": "ženojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женама",
      "roman": "ženama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женами",
      "roman": "ženami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "ženu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женахъ",
      "roman": "ženaxŭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жено",
      "roman": "ženo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женꙑ",
      "roman": "ženy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
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        "5": "or",
        "6": "жонъка",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sc": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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    },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "же‧на"
  ],
  "lang": "Old East Slavic",
  "lang_code": "orv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "orv",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "orv:Female people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "english": "man",
          "roman": "mǫžĭ",
          "sense": "woman",
          "word": "мѫжь"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-жена-orv-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "Old East Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "english": "husband",
          "roman": "mǫžĭ",
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        }
      ],
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        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-жена-orv-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈnɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈnɑ/",
      "note": "ca. 9ᵗʰ CE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/",
      "note": "ca. 11ᵗʰ CE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/",
      "note": "ca. 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "жена"
}
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    "Old East Slavic feminine nouns",
    "Old East Slavic hard a-stem nouns",
    "Old East Slavic lemmas",
    "Old East Slavic nouns",
    "Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old East Slavic terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old East Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Old East Slavic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "orv:Female people",
    "orv:Marriage",
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      "english": "man",
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      "word": "мѫжь"
    },
    {
      "english": "husband",
      "roman": "mǫžĭ",
      "sense": "wife",
      "word": "мѫжь"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: жана́ (žaná) (dated)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "rue",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Carpathian Rusyn: жона́ (žoná), же́на (žéna) (Lemko)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
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          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: жона́ (žoná) (dated)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "жена́"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: жена́ (žená)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "roman": "ženu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женъ",
      "roman": "ženŭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "ženama",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "ženamŭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѫ",
      "roman": "ženǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женоѭ",
      "roman": "ženojǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женама",
      "roman": "ženama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женами",
      "roman": "ženami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
      "roman": "ženě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жену",
      "roman": "ženu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женахъ",
      "roman": "ženaxŭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жено",
      "roman": "ženo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женѣ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "женꙑ",
      "roman": "ženy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "f",
        "dim": "женъка",
        "dim2": "жонъка"
      },
      "expansion": "жена (žena) f (diminutive женъка or жонъка)",
      "name": "orv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "же‧на"
  ],
  "lang": "Old East Slavic",
  "lang_code": "orv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈnɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈnɑ/",
      "note": "ca. 9ᵗʰ CE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/",
      "note": "ca. 11ᵗʰ CE"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʑɛˈna/",
      "note": "ca. 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "жена"
}

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