žila

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See also: zila, zilā, ziľă, žíla, žiła, Žila, and Žíla

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

žila

  1. inflection of žít:
    1. feminine singular past active participle
    2. neuter plural past active participle

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

žilà f

  1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular of žilas

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila. Doublet of fajl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒîla/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧la

Noun

žȉla f (Cyrillic spelling жи̏ла)

  1. vein
  2. tendon

Declension

Declension of žila
singular plural
nominative žȉla žile
genitive žile žȋlā
dative žili žilama
accusative žilu žile
vocative žilo žile
locative žili žilama
instrumental žilom žilama

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 562. →ISBN

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žìla.

Pronunciation

Noun

žila f (genitive singular žily, nominative plural žily, genitive plural žíl, declension pattern of žena)

  1. vein
    Synonym: véna

Declension

Declension of žila
singular plural
nominative žila žily
genitive žily žíl
dative žile žilám
accusative žilu žily
locative žile žilách
instrumental žilou žilami

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 562. →ISBN

Further reading

  • “žila”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

Pronunciation

Noun

žíla f

  1. vein
  2. sinew

Further reading

  • “žila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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