житие

See also: житје

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒiti(j)ɛ]

Noun

житие • (žitie) n

  1. hagiography

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic житиѥ (žitije, life), from Proto-Slavic *žitьje, from Proto-Slavic *žiti (to live). Doublet of житьё (žitʹjó), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨtʲɪˈje]
  • (file)

Noun

житие́ • (žitijé) n inan (genitive жития́, nominative plural жития́, genitive plural жити́й)

  1. (philosophy, ecclesiastic, dated) life, existence
  2. (philosophy, ecclesiastic) life, biography
    жития́ святы́хžitijá svjatýxhagiography

Declension

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