женитьба

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic женитва (ženitva).

Akin to Czech ženitba, Bulgarian женитба (ženitba), Macedonian женидба (ženidba) Serbo-Croatian женидба, Kashubian Żenba, Slovak ženba.

Probably connected with Sanskrit जनित्व (janitva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈnʲidʲbə]
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Noun

жени́тьба • (ženítʹba) f inan (genitive жени́тьбы, nominative plural жени́тьбы, genitive plural жени́тьб)

  1. marriage (especially from a man's perspective)

Declension

See also

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