žona

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zona"

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *génāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔna/

Noun

žona f (diminutive žonka)

1. (literary) woman

Declension

Declension of žona

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	žona	žonje	žony
Genitive	žony	žonowu	žonow
Dative	žonje	žonoma	žonam
Accusative	žonu	žonje	žony
Instrumental	žonu	žonoma	žonami
Locative	žonje	žonoma	žonach

Synonyms

• žeńska (more common term)

Derived terms

• žoncycka
• žoncyny
• žoniny
• žonisko
• žonišćo

 

Further reading

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

Upper Sorbian

Žona z dźěsćomaj.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔna/
• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Hyphenation: žo‧na
• Syllabification: žo‧na

Noun

žona f

1. woman
2. married woman, wife

Declension

Declension of žona (feminine hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	žona	žonje	žony
genitive	žony	žonow	žonow
dative	žonje	žonomaj	žonam
accusative	žonu	žonje	žony
instrumental	žonu	žonomaj	žonami
locative	žonje	žonomaj	žonach
vocative	žona	žonje	žony

Further reading

• “žona” in Soblex