Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian жо́нка (žónka). By surface analysis, жана́ (žaná) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʐonka]
  • Rhymes: -onka
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: жон‧ка

Noun

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жо́нка (žónkaf pers (genitive жо́нкі, nominative plural жо́нкі, genitive plural жо́нак, relational adjective жано́чы)

  1. wife (a married woman in relation to her husband)
    Мая жонка руская.Maja žónka ruskaja.My wife is Russian.

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives
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References

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  • жонка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • жонка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic жонъка (žonŭka), женъка (ženŭka), from Proto-Slavic *žènъka, from *ženà. By surface analysis, жона́ (žoná) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

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жо́нка (žónkaf

  1. wife
  2. woman
  3. female slave
  4. maidservant, housemaid

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1990), “жонка, женка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 10 (жеребецъ – замена), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 51
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2002), “жонка, жунка”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 9 (дѣдичъ – загонити), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 178
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жинка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 931
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жонка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 940
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жунка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 942
  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “жѣнка”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 947
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “жонка”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 363