# žena
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒɛna]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: že‧na
* Rhymes: -ɛna

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

žena f (relational adjective ženský)
* woman
    Antonym: muž
* wife
    Synonyms: manželka, choť
    Antonyms: manžel, muž

##### Derived terms

* divoženka
* oženit
* vyženit
* zženštilý
* ženatý
* ženáč
* ženit
* ženství
* ženstvo
* ženština
* ženuška
* žínka

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

žena
* masculine singular present transgressive of hnát

### Further reading

* “žena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “žena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “žena”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Old Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈʒɛna/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈʒɛna/

### Noun

žena f
* woman
* wife

#### Descendants

* Czech: žena

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “žena”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žena. First attested in 1460.

### Noun

žena f
* woman (adult female human)
* wife (female married partner)

#### Descendants

* Pannonian Rusyn: жена (žena)
* Slovak: žena

### Further reading

* Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “žena”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒěna/
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* Hyphenation: že‧na

### Noun

žèna f (Cyrillic spelling жѐна, diminutive žènica, relational adjective žènskī)
* woman
* wife

#### Derived terms

* žèniti

### Further reading

* “žena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slavomolisano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒěːnḁ/

### Noun

žena f
* woman

#### Declension
### References

* Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale).

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žena, from Proto-Slavic *žena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒena]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

žena f (relational adjective ženský)
* woman
* wife

#### Related terms

* ženská f
* žensky
* ženskosť, ženstvo
* ženatý
* oženiť
* oženiť sa

### Further reading

* “žena”, 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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɛ̀ːna/

### Noun

žéna f
* wife

#### Declension
### See also

* móž
* ženska
* žalik žena

### Further reading

* “žena”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “žena”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references