žen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zen"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɛn]

Noun

žen

1. genitive plural of žena

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʒɛn/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈʒɛn/

Etymology 1

Noun

žen f

1. harvest

   v čas žni ― at the harvest time

Declension

Declension of žen (i-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	žen	žni	žni
genitive	žni	žňú	žní
dative	žni	ženma	žnem
accusative	žen	žni	žni
vocative	žni	žni	žni
locative	žni	žňú	žnech
instrumental	žňú	ženma	ženmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• žieti

 

Descendants

• Czech: žeň

Etymology 2

Noun

žen

1. genitive plural of žena

Further reading

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

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *tzeni, from Proto-Zapotecan *tzeni.

Noun

žen

1. smoke

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 314