жилище
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жилище
Bulgarian
Etymology
From жи́я (žíja, “to be alive, mobile”) (obsolete, superseded by the stative живе́я (živéja, “to live”)) + -лище (-lište).
Pronunciation
Noun
жи́лище • (žílište) n (relational adjective жили́щен)
- dwelling, abode (place where one lives)
- Synonyms: обите́л (obitél), обита́лище (obitálište)
- domicile
- Synonym: местожите́лство (mestožitélstvo)
- (abstract) home, household
- (by specification) house, apartment, lodging
- Synonyms: къ́ща (kǎ́šta), апартаме́нт (apartamént), кварти́ра (kvartíra)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | жи́лище žílište |
жи́лища žílišta |
| definite | жи́лището žílišteto |
жи́лищата žílištata |
Related terms
- живо́т (živót, “life”)
- жи́тел m (žítel), жи́телка f (žítelka, “resident”)
- жи́телство (žítelstvo, “residence”)
- местожи́телство (mestožítelstvo, “domicile”)
- жи́телство (žítelstvo, “residence”)
- житие́ (žitié, “biography”)
- общежитие́ (obštežitié, “accommodation”)
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
Noun
жилище • (žilište) n
- 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
- from Vita Constantini, 1800700-1800720:
Synonyms
- жище (žište)
Russian
Etymology
жить (žitʹ, “to live, to reside”) + -ли́ще (-líšče)
Pronunciation
Noun
жили́ще • (žilíšče) n inan (genitive жили́ща, nominative plural жили́ща, genitive plural жили́щ, relational adjective жили́щный)
Declension
Declension of жили́ще (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of жили́ще (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a)