Parts of speech
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жінка, gen. жінки - woman, also wife |
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жіноцтво - women in general, womankind |
Adjectives |
жіночий - pertaining or relating to a woman, female, feminine (including grammatical gender), womanly |
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жінчин - pertaining or relating to one's wife, wife's |
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Additional information
1. жіночка- 'little woman' (the diminutive of жінка) is sometimes used in Ukraine to describe or address a woman, but is considered by many to be derogatory, patronising or sarcastic
2. жінка also traditionally has the meaning wife, but these days дружина is considered more polite
3. the vowel 'і' in жінка alternates with 'е' in some older related words , also with 'о'(see below).
Related words
женитися - to get married (about a man, literally, 'to wive'); still sometimes used today, with preference given to одружуватися
жених - suitor (archaic in both languages!)
багатоженець - polygamist
двоєженець - bigamist
жонатий - married (about a man, literally 'wived'); these days одружений is more frequently used