Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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жити (žiti)

  1. Particle used in implorations.
  2. Depreciative particle.
    Жити одговорот!
    What an answer! (i.e. an inadequate answer)

Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žiti.

Verb

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жити (žitiimpf

  1. to live
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жити”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 126.5, line 21:
      Приведенъ о̑убо бꙑстъ свѧтꙑи҆ иринеи къ кнѧзоу провоу · и҅ въпрошенъ бꙑвъ а҅ще хощетъ пожръти богомъ · о҅тъвѣща блаженꙑи҆ и҅ринеи глагол҄ѧ: нъ и҅ жити же съ вами не хощѫ ·
      Privedenŭ ȏubo bystŭ svętyi irinei kŭ knęzu provhu · i vŭprošenŭ byvhŭ ašte xoštetŭ požrŭti bogomhŭ · otŭvěšta blaženyi hirinei glagolʹję: nhŭ i žiti že sŭ vami ne xoštǫ ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Present tense of жити
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
живѫ (živǫ) живеши (živeši) живетъ (živetŭ) живевѣ (živevě) живета (živeta) живете (živete) живемъ (živemŭ) живете (živete) живѫтъ (živǫtŭ)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ukrainian жити (žiti), from Proto-Slavic *žìti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪte]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪte
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ти

Verb

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жи́ти (žýtyimpf

  1. to live

Conjugation

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