živa

See also: ziva, zívá, Živa, and жива

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From živa, indefinite feminine form of živ (“alive, lively”). Compare Macedonian жива (živa), Slovene živo srebro, semantically English quicksilver, Latin argentum vivum and Persian جیوه (jive, “mercury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒîʋa/
• Hyphenation: ži‧va

Noun

žȉva f (Cyrillic spelling жи̏ва)

1. (uncountable) mercury

Declension

Declension of živa

	singular
nominative	živa
genitive	žive
dative	živi
accusative	živu
vocative	živo
locative	živi
instrumental	živom

Adjective

živa

1. inflection of živ:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural