вдова

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *widewāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Cognate with English widow, German Witwe, French veuve, Spanish viuda, Italian vedova, Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā).

• IPA^(key): [vdɐˈva]

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вдова́ • (vdová) f anim (genitive вдовы́, nominative plural вдо́вы, genitive plural вдов, masculine вдове́ц, relational adjective вдо́вий)

1. widow

From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *widewāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

• IPA^(key): [wdɔˈʋa]

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вдова́ • (vdová) f pers (genitive вдови́, nominative plural вдо́ви, genitive plural вдів, male equivalent вдіве́ць, relational adjective вдови́ний or вдови́н or вдови́чий)

1. widow

• The forms вдова́ (vdová) (used after vowels) and удова́ (udová) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вдова”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka