женщина

Russian

Же́нщина

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ženьščina, from *ženьskъ + *-ina, from *žena + *-ьskъ. By surface analysis, же́нский (žénskij) + -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɛnʲɕːɪnə]
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Noun

же́нщина • (žénščina) f anim (genitive же́нщины, nominative plural же́нщины, genitive plural же́нщин, relational adjective же́нский)

  1. woman
  2. (low colloquial) Madam, lady, woman (rather crude but common form of address)

Declension

See also

References

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