vdova

Inherited from Old Czech vdova, from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdova]

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• Rhymes: -ova
• Hyphenation: vdo‧va

vdova f (male equivalent vdovec, relational adjective vdovský, diminutive vdovička)

1. widow (whose husband died)

• “vdova”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vdova”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vdova”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdɔva]

vdova f (diminutive vdovička)

1. widow (a woman whose husband died)

• vdovec
• ovdovieť

• “vdova”, 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, 2003–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋdɔ́ːʋa/

vdȏva f (male equivalent vdôvec)

1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)

• “vdova”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025