Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

Substantivized from the adjective žeński (female), from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

žeńska f pers (diminutive žeńscycka)

  1. woman
  2. wife

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Noun-like declension
Adjective-like declension

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Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “žeńska”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “žeńska”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag