žiwy

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See also: źiwy

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒiwɨ/
  • Rhymes: -iwɨ
  • Hyphenation: ži‧wy
  • Syllabification: ži‧wy

Adjective

žiwy (comparative žiwiši, superlative najžiwiši, absolute superlative nanajžiwiši, excessive přežiwy, adverb žiwje)

  1. living, alive
  2. merry, awake, brisk, cheery

Declension

Declension of žiwy
singular dual plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile virile nonvirile
personal/animal inanimate
nominative, vocative žiwy žiwe žiwa žiwaj žiwej žiwi žiwe
genitive žiweho
žiwoh¹ 		žiweje žiweju žiwych
dative žiwemu
žiwom¹ 		žiwej žiwymaj žiwym
accusative žiweho
žiwoh¹ 		žiwy žiwe žiwu žiweju žiwej žiwych žiwe
instrumental žiwym žiwej žiwymaj žiwymi
locative žiwych

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

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