женщина

Russian

Же́нщина

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ženьščina, from *ženьskъ + *-ina, from *žena + *-ьskъ. Synchronically analyzable as же́нский (žénskij) + -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɛnʲɕːɪnə]

Noun

же́нщина (žénščina) f anim (genitive же́нщины, nominative plural же́нщины, genitive plural же́нщин)

  1. woman

Declension

See also

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), женщина”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 299
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