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/
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Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | život | životy |
genitive | života | životů |
dative | životu | životům |
accusative | život | životy |
vocative | živote | životy |
locative | životě | životech |
instrumental | životem | životy |
Derived terms
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
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | žìvot | životi |
genitive | živòta | živótā |
dative | životu | životima |
accusative | život | živote |
vocative | živote | životi |
locative | životu | životima |
instrumental | životom | životima |
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)
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
- živôtik
- doživotie
- životopis
- životopisec
Further reading
- život in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk