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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žila.
Pronunciation
Noun
жи́ла • (žíla) f
- blood vessel, vein
- sinew, tendon
Declension
References
- “жила”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “жила”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila.
Pronunciation
Noun
жила • (žila) f (relational adjective жилав, diminutive жиличка or жиличе)
- (anatomy) blood vessel, vein
- (anatomy) sinew, tendon
- (geology) vein, lode
- (botany) vein
- slingshot, sling, catapult
Declension
References
- “жила” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žila. Cognates include Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil), Latin filum (“thread”), Lithuanian gýsla.
Noun
жила • (žila) f
- vein
- tendon
Declension
Declension of жила (hard a-stem)
References
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žila.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʑilɑ/→/ˈʑila/→/ˈʑila/
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑilɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑila/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑila/
Noun
жила (žila) f
- vein
- tendon
Declension
Declension of жила (hard a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жила”, 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 873
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila.
Pronunciation
Noun
жи́ла • (žíla) f inan (genitive жи́лы, nominative plural жи́лы, genitive plural жил, diminutive жи́лка)
- (anatomy) sinew, tendon
- (anatomy) vein
- Synonym: ве́на (véna)
- (geology) vein
- strand
Declension
Etymology 2
жить (žitʹ) + -ла (-la)
Noun
жи́ла • (žíla) m anim or f anim (genitive жи́лы, nominative plural жи́лы, genitive plural жил)
- (derogatory) miser, niggard, skinflint
- Synonyms: скупец (skupec), жлоб (žlob), сквалыга (skvalyga), жмот (žmot), скупердяй (skuperdjaj), крохобор (kroxobor), скря́га (skrjága)
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
жила́ • (žilá)
- feminine singular past indicative imperfective of жить (žitʹ)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila. Doublet of фајл.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒîla/
- Hyphenation: жи‧ла
Noun
жи̏ла f (Latin spelling žȉla)
- vein
- tendon
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *žila.
Pronunciation
Noun
жи́ла • (žýla) f inan (genitive жи́ли, nominative plural жи́ли, genitive plural жил, diminutive жи́лка)
- (anatomy) sinew, tendon
- (anatomy) vein
- Synonym: ве́на (véna)
- (geology) vein
- strand
Declension
Declension of жи́ла (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
жила́ • (žylá)
- feminine singular past indicative imperfective of жи́ти (žýty)