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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ženixъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ženiti (“to marry off”, from *žena) + *-xъ.
Noun
*ženixъ m
- bridegroom
Inflection
Declension of *ženixъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ženixъ | *ženixa | *ženiśi |
Accusative | *ženixъ | *ženixa | *ženixy |
Genitive | *ženixa | *ženixu | *ženixъ |
Locative | *ženiśě | *ženixu | *ženiśěxъ |
Dative | *ženixu | *ženixoma | *ženixomъ |
Instrumental | *ženixъmь, *ženixomь* | *ženixoma | *ženixy |
Vocative | *ženiše | *ženixa | *ženiśi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: женихъ (ženixŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: жени́хъ (ženíx), жони́хъ (žoníx)
- Belarusian: жані́х (žaníx)
- Ukrainian: жени́х (ženýx)
- Russian: жени́х (ženíx)
- → Ingrian: senihka
- → Komi-Zyrian: жӧник (žönʹik)
- Old Ruthenian: жени́хъ (ženíx), жони́хъ (žoníx)
- Old East Slavic: женихъ (ženixŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: женихъ (ženixŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰶⰵⱀⰺⱈⱏ (ženixŭ)
- Bulgarian: женѝх (ženìh)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: жѐнӣх, же̏них
- Latin: žènih, žȅnīh
- Slovene: žénih (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: ženich
- Polish: żenich (dialectal)
- Silesian: żynich
- Slovak: ženích
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жени́х”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жані́х”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika