vdova

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vdova, from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvdova]
  • Rhymes: -ova
  • Hyphenation: vdo‧va

Noun

vdova f (masculine vdovec, related adjective vdovský, diminutive vdovička)

  1. widow (whose husband died)

Declension
Declension of vdova (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative vdova vdovy
genitive vdovy vdov
dative vdově vdovám
accusative vdovu vdovy
vocative vdovo vdovy
locative vdově vdovách
instrumental vdovou vdovami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • vdova in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • vdova in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • vdova in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvdɔva]

Noun

vdova f (genitive singular vdovy, nominative plural vdovy, genitive plural vdov, declension pattern of žena)

  1. widow (a woman whose husband died)

Declension
Declension of vdova
singular plural
nominative vdova vdovy
genitive vdovy vdov
dative vdove vdovám
accusative vdovu vdovy
locative vdove vdovách
instrumental vdovou vdovami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “vdova”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋdɔ́ːʋa/

Noun

vdȏva f (male equivalent vdôvec)

  1. widow (a woman whose husband has died)

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. vdôva
gen. sing. vdôve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 vdôva vdôvi vdôve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 vdôve vdôv vdôv
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 vdôvi vdôvama vdôvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 vdôvo vdôvi vdôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 vdôvi vdôvah vdôvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 vdôvo vdôvama vdôvami

Further reading
  • “vdova”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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