жилище

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From жи́я (žíja, to be alive, mobile) (obsolete, superseded by the stative живе́я (živéja, to live)) +‎ -лище (-lište).

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  • Hyphenation: жи‧ли‧ще

Noun

жи́лище (žílišten (relational adjective жили́щен)

  1. dwelling, abode (place where one lives)
    Synonyms: обите́л (obitél), обита́лище (obitálište)
  2. domicile
    Synonym: местожите́лство (mestožitélstvo)
  3. (abstract) home, household
    Synonym: дом (dom)
    семе́йно жи́лищеseméjno žílištefamily household
  4. (by specification) house, apartment, lodging
    Synonyms: къ́ща (kǎ́šta), апартаме́нт (apartamént), кварти́ра (kvartíra)

Declension

References

  • жилище”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жилище”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Old Church Slavonic

жилище

Noun

жилище (žilišten

  1. dwelling
    • from Vita Constantini, 1800700-1800720:
      и ꙗкоже приближꙇи чась, да пакꙑ приметь и прѣставить се въ вѣчнаа жилища
      i jakože približii časĭ, da paky primetĭ i prěstavitĭ se vŭ věčnaa žilišta
      And when the hour to repose and remove to the eternal dwellings approached

Synonyms

Russian

Etymology

жить (žitʹ, to live, to reside) +‎ -ли́ще (-líšče)

Pronunciation

Noun

жили́ще (žilíščen inan (genitive жили́ща, nominative plural жили́ща, genitive plural жили́щ, relational adjective жили́щный)

  1. dwelling, lodging, lodgings

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