Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žiti

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gýti (“to heal; to recover”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit जीवति (jī́vati), Latin vīvō (“to live”) (infinitive vīvere).

Verb

*žìti[1]

  1. to live

Inflection

Conjugation of *žiti, *ži(tъ), *živetь (?, -V/C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*žitьje *žiti *žitъ *žilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *žitъ *živomъ
Active *živъ *živy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *žixъ *ži(tъ) *ži(tъ) *živǫ *živeši *živetь
Dual *žixově *žista *žiste *živevě *živeta *živete
Plural *žixomъ *žiste *žišę *živemъ *živete *živǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *živěaxъ *živěaše *živěaše — *živi *živi
Dual *živěaxově *živěašeta *živěašete *živěvě *živěta —
Plural *živěaxomъ *živěašete *živěaxǫ *živěmъ *živěte —
Conjugation of *žiti, žive, *živetь (?, -V/C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*žitьje *žiti *žitъ *žilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *žitъ *živomъ
Active *živъ *živy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular živ(ox)ъ žive žive *živǫ *živeši *živetь
Dual živ(ox)ově živ(e/os)ta živ(e/os)te *živevě *živeta *živete
Plural živ(ox)omъ živ(e/os)te živǫ, živošę *živemъ *živete *živǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *živěaxъ *živěaše *živěaše — *živi *živi
Dual *živěaxově *živěašeta *živěašete *živěvě *živěta —
Plural *živěaxomъ *živěašete *živěaxǫ *živěmъ *živěte —

Descendants

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 562: “v. (c) ‘live’”
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