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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žiti
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gýti (“to heal; to recover”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit जीवति (jī́vati), Latin vīvō (“to live”) (infinitive vīvere).
Inflection
Conjugation of *žiti (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *žitьje | *žiti | *žitъ | *žilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *žitъ | *živomъ |
| Active | *živъ | *živy |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *živ(ox)ъ | *žive | *žive | *živǫ | *živeši | *živetь |
| Dual | *živ(ox)ově | *živ(e/os)ta | *živ(e/os)te | *živevě | *živeta | *živete |
| Plural | *živ(ox)omъ | *živ(e/os)te | *živǫ, *živošę | *živemъ | *živete | *živǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *živěaxъ | *živěaše | *živěaše | — | *živi | *živi |
| Dual | *živěaxově | *živěašeta | *živěašete | *živěvě | *živěta | — |
| Plural | *živěaxomъ | *živěašete | *živěaxǫ | *živěmъ | *živěte | — |
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 562: “v. (c) ‘live’”
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