жити

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒiti]

Particle

жити • (žiti)

  1. Particle used in implorations.
  2. Depreciative particle.
    Жити одговорот!
    What an answer! (i.e. an inadequate answer)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žiti.

Verb

жити • (žitiimpf

  1. to live
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жити”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 126.5, line 21:
      Приведенъ о̑убо бꙑстъ свѧтꙑи҆ иринеи къ кнѧзоу провоу · и҅ въпрошенъ бꙑвъ а҅ще хощетъ пожръти богомъ · о҅тъвѣща блаженꙑи҆ и҅ринеи глагол҄ѧ: нъ и҅ жити же съ вами не хощѫ ·
      Privedenŭ ȏubo bystŭ svętyi irinei kŭ knęzu provhu · i vŭprošenŭ byvhŭ ašte xoštetŭ požrŭti bogomhŭ · otŭvěšta blaženyi hirinei glagolʹję: nhŭ i žiti že sŭ vami ne xoštǫ ·
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Conjugation

Present tense of жити
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
живѫ (živǫ) живеши (živeši) живетъ (živetŭ) живевѣ (živevě) живета (živeta) живете (živete) живемъ (živemŭ) живете (živete) живѫтъ (živǫtŭ)

Derived terms

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian жити (žyty), from Proto-Slavic *žìti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪte]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪte
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ти

Verb

жи́ти • (žýtyimpf

  1. to live

Conjugation

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