Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’

Standard Slovenian has a need for a feminine equivalent of the masculine noun vodja ‘leader’. After examining attempts to establish such a word or to simply use the masculine form for the feminine designation, the author suggests the form vodkinja, which is derived from the truncated masculine desig...

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Main Author: Peter Weiss
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2015-07-01
Series:Jezikoslovni zapiski
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Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/jz/article/view/2268
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description Standard Slovenian has a need for a feminine equivalent of the masculine noun vodja ‘leader’. After examining attempts to establish such a word or to simply use the masculine form for the feminine designation, the author suggests the form vodkinja, which is derived from the truncated masculine designation, like računovodkinja ‘female accountant’ (alongside računovodja for a male accountant), zborovodkinja ‘female choir director’ (alongside zborovodja for a male choir director), and similar.
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spelling doaj-art-a9f33b44d512489fabf0aad9d468c5e42024-12-13T08:42:14ZcesZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCJezikoslovni zapiski0354-04481581-12552015-07-0120210.3986/jz.v20i2.22681744Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’Peter Weiss0Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZUStandard Slovenian has a need for a feminine equivalent of the masculine noun vodja ‘leader’. After examining attempts to establish such a word or to simply use the masculine form for the feminine designation, the author suggests the form vodkinja, which is derived from the truncated masculine designation, like računovodkinja ‘female accountant’ (alongside računovodja for a male accountant), zborovodkinja ‘female choir director’ (alongside zborovodja for a male choir director), and similar.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/jz/article/view/2268slovenianlexiconnew vocabularypaired feminine nouns
spellingShingle Peter Weiss
Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’
Jezikoslovni zapiski
slovenian
lexicon
new vocabulary
paired feminine nouns
title Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’
title_full Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’
title_fullStr Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’
title_full_unstemmed Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’
title_short Slovenian vodkinja ‘female leader’
title_sort slovenian vodkinja female leader
topic slovenian
lexicon
new vocabulary
paired feminine nouns
url https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/jz/article/view/2268
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