[ʒeˈʋɛt͡sʲ] <span class="searchmatch">живе́ць</span> • (žyvécʹ) m animal (genitive живця́, nominative plural живці́, genitive plural живці́в) (fishing) bait fish <span class="searchmatch">живе́ць</span> • (žyvécʹ) m inan...
Unknown. Possibly from Ukrainian <span class="searchmatch">живе́ць</span> (žyvécʹ, “fry, small fish”), from Baltic (compare Lithuanian žuvi̇̀s, Latvian zivs, both ‘fish’), with suffix...
Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on: Живчик (значення) Wikipedia uk <span class="searchmatch">живе́ць</span> (žyvécʹ, “life force”) + -ик (-yk), or живи́й (žyvýj, “alive”) + -чик...