иждивение

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Russian

Etymology

From иждиви́ть (iždivítʹ, to spend) +‎ -е́ние (-énije), from Old Church Slavonic иждити (ižditi), derived from *из-жити. See из- (iz-), жить (žitʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

иждиве́ние (iždivénijen inan (genitive иждиве́ния, nominative plural иждиве́ния, genitive plural иждиве́ний)

  1. material support
  2. (dated) money, funds

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “иждивение”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress