живица

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ви‧ца

Noun

живица (živicaf (plural живици)

  1. topsoil, fertile soil (loose, fertile soil layer, rich in humus and minerals)

Declension

Declension of живица
singular plural
indefinite живица (živica) живици (živici)
definite unspecified живицата (živicata) живиците (živicite)
definite proximal живицава (živicava) живициве (živicive)
definite distal живицана (živicana) живицине (živicine)
vocative живицо (živico) живици (živici)

References

  • живица” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živica, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₃i-u- (to live). Cognate with Old Armenian կիւ (kiw).

Pronunciation

Noun

живи́ца (živícaf inan (genitive живи́цы, nominative plural живи́цы, genitive plural живи́ц)

  1. sap, galipot
  2. sapwood

Declension

Descendants

  • Yiddish: זשיוועצע (zhivetse)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐʋit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ви‧ца

Noun

жѝвица f (Latin spelling žìvica)

  1. hedge

Declension