kvinna

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse kvenna, from genitive plural of kona (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kʰvɪnːa] === Noun === kvinna f (genitive singular kvinnu, plural kvinnur) woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kona ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Árnason, Kristján (2011), The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 87 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === kvinnen m === Noun === kvinna f definite feminine singular of kvinne == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === kvinna f definite feminine singular of kvinne == Old Norse == === Etymology === Back-formed from kvenna, kvinna, the genitive plural of kona. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”). === Noun === kvinna f (genitive kvinnu) alternative form of kona ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kvinna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse kvenna, from genitive plural of kona (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. === Noun === kvinna f a woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: kvinna == Swedish == === Alternative forms === qvinna (obsolete since 1889) qwinna (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Swedish kvinna, from Runic Swedish kuino, from Old Norse kvæna, from kván (“wife”), from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn. Cognate with English queen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²kvɪnːˌa/ Rhymes: -²ɪna === Noun === kvinna c a woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== man (with respect to gender) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== flicka (“girl”) gumma (“old woman”) === References === “kvinna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “kvinna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “kvinna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)