život

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Serbo-Croatian život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, life) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live), compare *gʷih₃wós (alive). Related to žít (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɪvot/
  • (file)

Noun

život m inan

  1. life

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • život in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • život in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Czech život, Slovene življenje), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, life) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live), compare *gʷih₃wós (alive). Related to živeti (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

žìvot m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)

  1. life

Declension


Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Serbo-Croatian život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, life) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live), compare *gʷih₃wós (alive). Related to žiť (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒivɔt/

Noun

život m (genitive singular života, nominative plural životy, genitive plural životov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. life

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • život in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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