"žena" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

See žena in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʒěna/
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*žena|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *žena, {{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*žena}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, {{inh|sh|ine-bsl-pro|*génāˀ}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, {{inh|sh|ine-pro|*gʷḗn}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Head templates: {{sh-noun|adj=žènskī|dim=žènica|g=f|head=žèna}} žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна, diminutive žènica, relational adjective žènskī) Forms: žèna [canonical, feminine], жѐна [Cyrillic], žènica [diminutive], žènskī [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], žèna [nominative, singular], žène [nominative, plural], žènē [genitive, singular], žénā [genitive, plural], žèni [dative, singular], žènama [dative, plural], žènu [accusative, singular], žène [accusative, plural], žȅno [singular, vocative], žȅne [plural, vocative], žèni [locative, singular], žènama [locative, plural], žènōm [instrumental, singular], žènama [instrumental, plural]
  1. woman
    Sense id: en-žena-sh-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header, Female people Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female people: 100 0
  2. wife
    Sense id: en-žena-sh-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header, Female family members Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female family members: 12 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: žèniti
Categories (other): Marriage Disambiguation of Marriage: 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sh",
      "name": "Marriage",
      "orig": "sh:Marriage",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "žèniti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*žena",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *žena",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*žena"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*génāˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "žèna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жѐна",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènica",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènskī",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žèna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žène",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žénā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žèni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žène",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žȅno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žȅne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žèni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènōm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adj": "žènskī",
        "dim": "žènica",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "žèna"
      },
      "expansion": "žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна, diminutive žènica, relational adjective žènskī)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "že‧na"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sh",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "sh:Female people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-žena-sh-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sh",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "sh:Female family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-žena-sh-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒěna/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "žena"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
    "Serbo-Croatian nouns",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "sh:Female family members",
    "sh:Female people",
    "sh:Marriage"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "žèniti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*žena",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *žena",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*žena"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*génāˀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "žèna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "жѐна",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènica",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènskī",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "relational"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žèna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žène",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žénā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žèni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žène",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žȅno",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žȅne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žèni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènōm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žènama",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adj": "žènskī",
        "dim": "žènica",
        "g": "f",
        "head": "žèna"
      },
      "expansion": "žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна, diminutive žènica, relational adjective žènskī)",
      "name": "sh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "že‧na"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒěna/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "žena"
}

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