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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živьcь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒǐʋat͡s/
- Hyphenation: ži‧vac
Noun
žìvac m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвац)
- (anatomy) nerve
- (figuratively) patience, composure
Declension
Further reading
- “živac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024