живот
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to живея (živeja, “to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒiˈvɔt/
Noun
живот • (živót) m
- (countable) life
- (uncountable) vitality, energy
- (countable) lifetime
- (countable) biography
- (uncountable) existence, the world in general
- (countable) a style of life, living
- (countable) cost of living, a person's means of supporting himself, livelihood
- (uncountable) real life, reality
- (uncountable) agreement, harmony
Inflection
Synonyms
- (vitality): жизненост (žiznenost)
- (biography): биография (biografija)
- (existence): съществувание (sǎštestvuvanie)
- (real life): действителност (dejstvitelnost), реалност (realnost)
- (agreement): сговор (sgovor)
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Bulgarian and Russian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to живея (živeja, “to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒivɔt/
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Bulgarian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd, ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to Bulgarian живея (živeja, “to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʐɨˈvot]
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Noun
живо́т • (živót) m inan (genitive живота́, nominative plural животы́, genitive plural живото́в)
Declension
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Bulgarian and Russian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to живея (živeja, “to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
- Hyphenation: жи‧вот