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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
живо́т • (živót) m
- (countable) life
- (uncountable) vitality, energy
- Synonym: жизненост (žiznenost)
- (countable) lifetime
- (countable) biography
- Synonym: биография (biografija)
- (uncountable) existence, the world in general
- Synonym: съществувание (sǎštestvuvanie)
- (countable) a style of life, living
- (countable) cost of living, a person's means of supporting himself, livelihood
- (uncountable) real life, reality
- Synonyms: действителност (dejstvitelnost), реалност (realnost)
- (uncountable) agreement, harmony
- Synonym: сговор (sgovor)
Declension
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
живот • (život) m (relational adjective животен, diminutive животец, augmentative животиште)
- life
Declension
Derived terms
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak život, from Proto-Slavic *životъ. Cognate with Slovak život.
Pronunciation
Noun
живот (život) m inan (related adjective животни)
- life
- Antonym: шмерц (šmerc)
- (anatomy) entrails, innards
Declension
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “живот”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic животъ (životŭ), from Proto-Slavic *životъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
живо́т • (živót) m inan (genitive живота́, nominative plural животы́, genitive plural живото́в, diminutive живо́тик)
- belly, stomach
- (archaic, poetic) life
Declension
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
- Hyphenation: жи‧вот
Noun
жѝвот m (Latin spelling žìvot)
- life
Declension