дружина
wife
Parts of speech
Nouns |
дружина, gen. дружини - wife |
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Adjectives |
одружений - married (for both genders) |
дружинин, дружинина, дружинине - relating or pertaining to a wife |
Adverbs |
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Verbs |
одружитися (одружуватися) - to get married (for both genders) |
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Additional information
1. see also друг
2. дружина in ancient Rus' was the prince's personal guard
3. in the Ukrainian diaspora дружина also has the meaning team (usually for sport); the standard literary term is команда
Related words
подружжя - a married couple