živa
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editžȉva f (Cyrillic spelling жи̏ва)
Declension
editDeclension of živa
Adjective
editživa