žila

See also: zila, zilā, ziľă, žíla, žiła, Žila, and Žíla

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɪla]

Participle

žila

1. inflection of žít:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʒʲɪˈlɐ]

Adjective

žilà f

1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular of žilas

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila. Doublet of fajl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒîla/
• Hyphenation: ži‧la

Noun

žȉla f (Cyrillic spelling жи̏ла)

1. vein
2. tendon

Declension

Declension of žila

	singular	plural
nominative	žȉla	žile
genitive	žile	žȋlā
dative	žili	žilama
accusative	žilu	žile
vocative	žilo	žile
locative	žili	žilama
instrumental	žilom	žilama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žìla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒiɫa/

Noun

žila f (genitive singular žily, nominative plural žily, genitive plural žíl, declension pattern of žena)

1. vein

   Synonym: véna

Declension

Declension of žila

	singular	plural
nominative	žila	žily
genitive	žily	žíl
dative	žile	žilám
accusative	žilu	žily
locative	žile	žilách
instrumental	žilou	žilami

Derived terms

• žilový, žilný
• žilka
• žilôčka

See also

• cieva f

Further reading

• “žila”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒìːla/

Noun

žíla f

1. vein
2. sinew

Further reading

• “žila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025