Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žiti (compare Russian жить (žitʹ), Ukrainian жи́ти (žýty), Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (to live). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʐɨt͡sʲ]
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Verb

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жыць (žycʹimpf

  1. to live

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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imperfective

perfective