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Ukrainian
Etymology
Deverbal from пожи́витися (požývytysja).
Pronunciation
Noun
пожи́ва • (požýva) f inan (genitive пожи́ви, uncountable)
- nourishment, food (something that nourishes)
- Synonyms: їжа f (jiža), харчува́ння n (xarčuvánnja)
- Near-synonym: продово́льство n (prodovólʹstvo)
- feed (food for animals)
- Synonym: корм m (korm)
- prey (a living thing that is eaten by another living thing)
- Synonym: здо́бич f (zdóbyč)
- (figuratively) pickings (income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner)
- (figuratively) food
- пожи́ва для ро́здумів ― požýva dlja rózdumiv ― food for thought
Declension
Declension of пожи́ва (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пожива”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2022), “пожива”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 13 (підку́са – покі́рно), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “пожива”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пожива”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “пожива”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “пожива”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “пожива”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)