въдова

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognate with English widow, German Witwe, French veuve, Spanish viuda, Italian vedova, Hindi विद्वा (vidvā).

Noun

въдова • (vŭdovaf

  1. widow

Declension

Declension of въдова (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative въдова
vŭdova
въдовѣ
vŭdově
въдовꙑ
vŭdovy
genitive въдовꙑ
vŭdovy
въдовоу
vŭdovu
въдовъ
vŭdovŭ
dative въдовѣ
vŭdově
въдовама
vŭdovama
въдовамъ
vŭdovamŭ
accusative въдовѫ
vŭdovǫ
въдовѣ
vŭdově
въдовꙑ
vŭdovy
instrumental въдовоѭ
vŭdovojǫ
въдовама
vŭdovama
въдовами
vŭdovami
locative въдовѣ
vŭdově
въдовоу
vŭdovu
въдовахъ
vŭdovaxŭ
vocative въдово
vŭdovo
въдовѣ
vŭdově
въдовꙑ
vŭdovy

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: вдовица (vdovica)
  • Russian: вдова (vdova)
  • Serbo-Croatian: udova

References

  • въдова”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
  • Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2016), “vъdova”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 18 (větъ – zakonъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 1114