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bride, fiancée

Source:*nevěstaProto-Slaviccertain

The Proto-Slavic word is secure; its inner make-up ('the unknown one', ne- + věd-, is the popular reading) is debated.

English

bride, fiancée

Polish

narzeczona
naʐɛˈtʂɔna
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  • Russian
    неве́стаnevesta
    nʲɪˈvʲestəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    наре́ченаnarečena
    naˈrɛtʃɛnadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *narekti 'to name, to promise'

    Ukrainian неві́стка means 'daughter-in-law'.

  • Polish
    narzeczona
    naʐɛˈtʂɔnadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *narekti 'to name, to promise'

    On the wedding day she is panna młoda; Polish niewiasta is an archaic word for 'woman'.

  • Czech
    nevěsta
    ˈnɛvjɛstainherited

    The bride on her wedding day; a fiancée is snoubenka.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    nevjesta / nevestaневјеста / невеста
    ˈnevjestainherited
  • English
    bride, fiancée

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