Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic жонка (žonka), equivalent to жана́ (žaná) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐonka]
  • (file)

Noun edit

жо́нка (žónkaf pers (genitive жо́нкі, nominative plural жо́нкі, genitive plural жо́нак)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • жонка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old East Slavic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɔnkɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɔnka/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑɔnka/
  • Hyphenation: жо‧нка

Noun edit

жонка (žonkaf

  1. Diminutive of жена (žena)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “женъка”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 859