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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žitьje

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *žiti +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*žitьje n

  1. life

Declension
Declension of *žitьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žitьje *žitьji *žitьja
genitive *žitьja *žitьju *žitьjь
dative *žitьju *žitьjema *žitьjemъ
accusative *žitьje *žitьji *žitьja
instrumental *žitьjьmь, *žitьjemь* *žitьjema *žitьji
locative *žitьji *žitьju *žitьjixъ
vocative *žitьje *žitьji *žitьja
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: житьѥ (žitĭje)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: житьѥ (žitĭje), житиѥ (žitije)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жи́ће (obsolete, poetic)
      Latin script: žíće (obsolete, poetic)
    • Slovene: žitje (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “житьё”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 57
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жыццё”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika
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