жилище

Bulgarian

Etymology

From жи́я (žíja, “to be alive, mobile”) (obsolete, superseded by the stative живе́я (živéja, “to live”)) +‎ -лище (-lište).

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• Hyphenation: жи‧ли‧ще

Noun

жи́лище • (žílište) n (relational adjective жили́щен)

1. dwelling, abode (place where one lives)

   Synonyms: обите́л (obitél), обита́лище (obitálište)

2. domicile

   Synonym: местожите́лство (mestožitélstvo)

3. (abstract) home, household

   Synonym: дом (dom)

   семе́йно жи́лище ― seméjno žílište ― family household

4. (by specification) house, apartment, lodging

   Synonyms: къ́ща (kǎ́šta), апартаме́нт (apartamént), кварти́ра (kvartíra)

Declension

Related terms

• живо́т (živót, “life”)
• житие́ (žitié, “biography”)
  • общежитие́ (obštežitié, “accommodation”)
• жи́тел m (žítel), жи́телка f (žítelka, “resident”)
  • жи́телство (žítelstvo, “residence”)
    • местожи́телство (mestožítelstvo, “domicile”)

References

• “жилище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “жилище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

жилище • (žilište) n

1. dwelling
   • from Vita Constantini, 1800700-1800720:

     и ꙗкоже приближꙇи чась, да пакꙑ приметь и прѣставить се въ вѣчнаа жилища

     i jakože približii časĭ, da paky primetĭ i prěstavitĭ se vŭ věčnaa žilišta

     And when the hour to repose and remove to the eternal dwellings approached

Synonyms

• жище (žište)

Russian

Etymology

жить (žitʹ, “to live, to reside”) +‎ -ли́ще (-líšče)

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Noun

жили́ще • (žilíšče) n inan (genitive жили́ща, nominative plural жили́ща, genitive plural жили́щ, relational adjective жили́щный)

1. dwelling, lodging, lodgings

Declension