žito

See also: zito

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪto]

Etymology 1

From Old Czech žito, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.

Noun

žito n

  1. rye, any member of the genus Secale
    Synonym: (dialectal) rež
    házet flintu do žita ― to throw in the towel (idiom)
    mít se jako prase v žitě ― to live off the flat of the land
Declension
Declension of žito (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative žito žita
genitive žita žit
dative žitu žitům
accusative žito žita
vocative žito žita
locative žitu, žitě žitech
instrumental žitem žity
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

žito

  1. neuter singular passive participle of žít

Further reading
  • žito in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • žito in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • žito in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.

Noun

žȉto n (Cyrillic spelling жи̏то)

  1. cereal, grain
  2. koliva

Declension
Declension of žito
singular plural
nominative žito žita
genitive žita žita
dative žitu žitima
accusative žito žita
vocative žito žita
locative žitu žitima
instrumental žitom žitima
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