žiła

See also: zila, zilā, ziľă, žila, žíla, Žila, and Žíla

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒiwa/
  • Rhymes: -iwa
  • Hyphenation: ži‧ła
  • Syllabification: ži‧ła

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žìla.

Noun

žiła f (anatomy)

  1. blood vessel (any channel that carries blood through the body, which includes arteries, veins and capillaries)
  2. sinew (resistant, connective, fibrous organ that connects muscles to bones or other organs and typically appears as a whitish band or cord)
    Synonyms: ćećel, fleksa
Declension
Declension of žiła (feminine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative žiła žile žiły
genitive žiły žiłow žiłow
dative žile žiłomaj žiłam
accusative žiłu žile žiły
instrumental žiłu žiłomaj žiłami
locative žile žiłomaj žiłach
vocative žiła žile žiły

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

žiła

  1. feminine singular of žił

References

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