žona

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zona"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɔna/

Noun

žona f (diminutive žonka)

  1. (literary) woman

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • žoncycka
  • žoncyny
  • žoniny
  • žonisko
  • žonišćo

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “žona”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “žona”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɔna/
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Hyphenation: žo‧na
  • Syllabification: žo‧na

Noun

žona f

  1. woman
  2. married woman, wife

Declension

Further reading