Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žiznь

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 *žiti (“to live”) +‎ *-znь

Noun

*žiznь f

life
Synonyms: *životъ, *žitь, *žitьje

Inflection

Declension of *žiznь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žiznь	*žizni	*žizni
Accusative	*žiznь	*žizni	*žizni
Genitive	*žizni	žiznьju, žizňu^*	žiznьjь, žizni^*
Locative	*žizni	žiznьju, žizňu^*	*žiznьxъ
Dative	*žizni	*žiznьma	*žiznьmъ
Instrumental	žiznьjǫ, žizňǫ^*	*žiznьma	*žiznьmi
Vocative	*žizni	*žizni	*žizni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*gojь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жизнь (žiznĭ)
  - Russian: жизнь (žiznʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: жизнь (žiznĭ)

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “жизнь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “жизнь”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 304

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