жито

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒito]

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жи́то • (žíto) n (relational adjective жи́тен)

1. (singular only) wheat
2. (singular only) wheat kernel
3. (plural only) wheat field
4. (singular only) grain

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒitɔ]

жито • (žito) n (relational adjective житен)

1. grain, cereal

From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

жито • (žito) n

1. grain
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:

     бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.

     bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.

     If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐɨtə]

жи́то • (žíto) n inan (genitive жи́та, nominative plural жи́та, genitive plural жит)

1. grain (any unground grain, such as rye, wheat, buckwheat, millet, barley, maize, oats)
2. (dated or regional, Belarus or Ukraine) rye

   Synonym: рожь (rožʹ)

• жи́тница f (žítnica)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “жито”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

• IPA^(key): /ʒîto/

жи̏то n (Latin spelling žȉto)

1. wheat
2. koliva

• “жито”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Middle Ukrainian жито (žyto), from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɪtɔ]

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жи́то • (žýto) n inan (genitive жи́та, uncountable, relational adjective жи́тній)

1. rye

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жито”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “жито”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “жито”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “жито”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)