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в жёны

as a wife

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as a wife Used in expressions meaning to take or give someone as a wife. Although жёны is grammatically plural, the phrase can refer to one wife.
RU: Он взял её в жёны.
EN: He took her as his wife.

Ты женишься скорее для того, чтоб взять Неруду в свидетели, чем меня в жёны!

You’re getting married more to have Neruda as your witness than to take me as your wife!

— Почтальон (1994)

Он хочет взять мою дочь в жёны.

He wants to take my daughter as his wife.