живот

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒiˈvɔt]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

живо́т • (živótm

  1. (countable) life
  2. (uncountable) vitality, energy
    Synonym: жизненост (žiznenost)
  3. (countable) lifetime
  4. (countable) biography
    Synonym: биография (biografija)
  5. (uncountable) existence, the world in general
    Synonym: съществувание (sǎštestvuvanie)
  6. (countable) a style of life, living
  7. (countable) cost of living, a person's means of supporting himself, livelihood
  8. (uncountable) real life, reality
    Synonyms: действителност (dejstvitelnost), реалност (realnost)
  9. (uncountable) agreement, harmony
    Synonym: сговор (sgovor)

Declension

Declension of живо́т
singular plural
indefinite живо́т
živót
живо́ти
živóti
definite
(subject form)
живо́тът
živótǎt
живо́тите
živótite
definite
(object form)
живо́та
živóta
count form живо́та
živóta

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒivɔt]

Noun

живот • (životm (relational adjective животен, diminutive животец, augmentative животиште)

  1. life

Declension

Declension of живот
singular plural
indefinite живот (život) животи (životi)
definite unspecified животот (životot) животите (životite)
definite proximal животов (životov) животиве (životive)
definite distal животон (životon) животине (životine)
vocative животу (životu) животи (životi)
count form живота (života)

Derived terms

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak život, from Proto-Slavic *životъ. Cognate with Slovak život.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒivɔt]
  • Rhymes: -ivɔt
  • Hyphenation: жи‧вот

Noun

живот (životm inan (related adjective животни)

  1. life
    Synonym: (poetic) жице (žice)
    Antonym: шмерц (šmerc)
  2. (anatomy) entrails, innards

Declension

Declension of живот
singular plural
nominative живот (život) животи (životi)
genitive живота (života) животох (životox)
dative животу (životu) животом (životom)
accusative живот (život) животи (životi)
instrumental животом (životom) животами (životami)
locative живоце (živoce) животох (životox)
vocative животу (životu) животи (životi)
adjectives
  • живи (živi)
  • животнорадосни (životnoradosni)
nouns
verbs

Further reading

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic животъ (životŭ), from Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈvot]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ot

Noun

живо́т • (živótm inan (genitive живота́, nominative plural животы́, genitive plural живото́в, diminutive живо́тик)

  1. belly, stomach
  2. (archaic, poetic) life

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds:

  • пра́здник живота́ m (prázdnik životá)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “живот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
  • Hyphenation: жи‧вот

Noun

жѝвот m inan (Latin spelling žìvot)

  1. life

Declension

Declension of живот
singular plural
nominative жѝвот животи
genitive живо̀та живо́та̄
dative животу животима
accusative живот животе
vocative животе животи
locative животу животима
instrumental животом животима