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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak žiť, from Proto-Slavic *žiti. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn жы́ти (žŷ́ty) and Slovak žiť.
Pronunciation
Verb
жиц (žic) impf
- (intransitive) to live (to be alive)
- най жиє! ― naj žije! ― long live!
- (intransitive) to live, to inhabit
- дзе ти жиєш? ― dze ti žiješ? ― where do you live?
- (intransitive) to live (to make a living doing something; to provide for oneself; to subsist)
- жиц з дня на дзень ― žic z dnja na dzenʹ ― to live hand-to-mouth (literally, “to live from day to day”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жиц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “live”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 168