žito
See also: zito
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɪto]
Etymology 1
From Old Czech žito, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.
Noun
žito n
- rye, any member of the genus Secale
- Synonym: (dialectal) rež
- házet flintu do žita ― to throw in the towel (idiom)
- mít se jako prase v žitě ― to live off the flat of the land
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
žito
- neuter singular passive participle of žít
Further reading
- “žito”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žito”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žito”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒîto/
Noun
žȉto n (Cyrillic spelling жи̏то)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | žito | žita |
| genitive | žita | žita |
| dative | žitu | žitima |
| accusative | žito | žita |
| vocative | žito | žita |
| locative | žitu | žitima |
| instrumental | žitom | žitima |
Further reading
- “žito”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025