žena
Czech
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɛna]
 audio (file) - Hyphenation: že‧na
 - Rhymes: -ɛna
 
Etymology 1
    
Inherited from Old Czech žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Noun
    
žena f (related adjective ženský)
Declension
    
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Old Czech
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Declension
    
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | žena | ženě | ženy | 
| genitive | ženy | ženú | žen | 
| dative | ženě | ženama | ženám | 
| accusative | ženu | ženě | ženy | 
| vocative | ženo | ženě | ženy | 
| locative | ženě | ženú | ženách | 
| instrumental | ženú | ženama | ženami | 
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
    
- Czech: žena
 
Further reading
    
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “žena”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
 
Old Slovak
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena. First attested in 1460.
Descendants
    
- Slovak: žena
 
References
    
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “žena”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
 
Serbo-Croatian
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ʒěna/
 - Hyphenation: že‧na
 
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
References
    
- “žena” in Hrvatski jezični portal
 
Slavomolisano
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Serbo-Croatian žèna, from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ʒěːnḁ/
 
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).
 
Slovak
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈʒena]
 
Noun
    
žena f (genitive singular ženy, nominative plural ženy, genitive plural žien, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
    
References
    
- “žena”, 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
 
Slovene
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ʒɛ̀ːna/
 
Inflection
    
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žêna | ||
| gen. sing. | žêne | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik)  | 
žêna | žêni | žêne | 
| genitive (rodȋlnik)  | 
žêne | žên | žên | 
| dative (dajȃlnik)  | 
žêni | žênama | žênam | 
| accusative (tožȋlnik)  | 
žêno | žêni | žêne | 
| locative (mẹ̑stnik)  | 
žêni | žênah | žênah | 
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik)  | 
žêno | žênama | žênami | 
| Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | žêna | ||
| gen. sing. | žené | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik)  | 
žêna | žené | žené | 
| genitive (rodȋlnik)  | 
žené | žená | žená | 
| dative (dajȃlnik)  | 
žêni | ženáma | ženàm | 
| accusative (tožȋlnik)  | 
ženó | žené | žené | 
| locative (mẹ̑stnik)  | 
žêni | ženàh | ženàh | 
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik)  | 
ženó | ženáma | ženámi |