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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ženьskъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *ženà + *-ьskъ.

Reconstruction notes

The Polabian form *zensťĕ, which has not been attested, can be probably reconstructed by help of the forms zenă (woman) and ťünsťĕ from *kònьskъ.

Adjective

*žènьskъ or *žènьskъjь

  1. female

Declension

Accent paradigm b. According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type D.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: женьскъ (ženĭskŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: женьскъ (ženĭskŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰶⰵⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏ (ženĭskŭ)
    • Bulgarian: же́нски (žénski)
    • Macedonian: женски (ženski)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жѐнскӣ
      Latin script: žènskī
    • Slovene: žẹ́nski (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
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