животъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Noun

животъ • (životŭ) m

  1. life
  2. living being

Declension

Declension of животъ (o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative животъ
životŭ 		живота
života 		животи
životi
genitive живота
života 		животоу
životu 		животъ
životŭ
dative животоу, животови
životu, životovi 		животома
životoma 		животомъ
životomŭ
accusative животъ, живота
životŭ, života 		живота
života 		животꙑ
životy
instrumental животомъ
životomŭ 		животома
životoma 		животꙑ
životy
locative животѣ
životě 		животоу
životu 		животѣхъ
životěxŭ
vocative животе
živote 		живота
života 		животи
životi

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *živòtъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ) and Old Polish żywot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʑiˈʋoːtʊ/→/ʑiˈʋoːtʊ/→/ʑiˈʋɔːt/, /ʑiˈʋoːt/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʑiˈʋoːtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʑiˈʋoːtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ʑiˈʋɔːt/, /ʑiˈʋoːt/

  • Hyphenation: жи‧во‧тъ

Noun

животъ (životŭ) m

  1. life
  2. animal
  3. property (assets)

Declension

Declension of животъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative животъ
životŭ 		живота
života 		животи
životi
Genitive живота
života 		животу
životu 		животъ
životŭ
Dative животу
životu 		животома
životoma 		животомъ
životomŭ
Accusative животъ
životŭ 		живота
života 		животꙑ
životy
Instrumental животъмь
životŭmĭ 		животома
životoma 		животꙑ
životy
Locative животѣ
životě 		животу
životu 		животѣхъ
životěxŭ
Vocative животе
živote 		живота
života 		животи
životi

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “животъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 867
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