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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech život, from Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Serbo-Croatian život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, life) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bĭ́otos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live), compare *gʷih₃wós (alive). Related to žít (to live).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪvot]
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  • Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

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život m inan (relational adjective životní, diminutive živůtek)

  1. life
    běžný životordinary life, regular life

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Noun

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život m inan (diminutive živůtek)

  1. (dated) clothes covering the breasts and the belly
    Šaty měly kratinký život a kratinké rukávy.
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    Na červených šatech má růžový přešívaný život.
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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ, probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒiʋot/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒivot/

Noun

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život m inan

  1. life
  2. belly
  3. body
    býti u něčeho životem svým(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Descendants

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  • Czech: život

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

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žìvot m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)

  1. life

Declension

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Declension of život
singular plural
nominative žìvot živòti
genitive živòta živótā
dative živòtu živòtima
accusative žìvot živòte
vocative žȉvote živòti / žȉvoti
locative živòtu živòtima
instrumental živòtom živòtima
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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Serbo-Croatian život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life)). Related to žiť (to live).

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Noun

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život m inan (diminutive živôtik or živôtček)

  1. life
    Antonym: smrť

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Declension of život
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singularplural
nominativeživotživoty
genitiveživotaživotov
dativeživotuživotom
accusativeživotživoty
locativeživoteživotoch
instrumentalživotomživotmi

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Further reading

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  • život”, 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