žito
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See also: zito
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Czech žito, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.
Noun
žito n
- rye, any member of the genus Secale
- Synonym: (dialectal) rež
- házet flintu do žita ― to throw in the towel (idiom)
- mít se jako prase v žitě ― to live off the flat of the land
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
žito
Further reading
- “žito”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žito”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- žito in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.
Noun
žȉto n (Cyrillic spelling жи̏то)