жить

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

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Compare жити (žiti, to live).

Noun

жить • (žitĭ) f

  1. life

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žiti (compare Belarusian жыць (žycʹ), Ukrainian жи́ти (žýty), Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (to live). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati, lives), Latin vīvō, and English quick.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ʐɨtʲ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨtʲ

Verb

жить • (žitʹ) impf (perfective прожи́ть)

  1. to live
    жить на широ́кую но́гуžitʹ na širókuju nóguto live in a grand style
  2. to reside

Usage notes

Note the stress in the past negative:

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
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