жити

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жити • (žiti)

1. Particle used in implorations.
2. Depreciative particle.

   Жити одговорот!

   What an answer! (i.e. an inadequate answer)

From Proto-Slavic *žiti.

жити • (žiti) impf

1. to live
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жити”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 126.5, line 21:

     Приведенъ о̑убо бꙑстъ свѧтꙑи҆ иринеи къ кнѧзоу провоу · и҅ въпрошенъ бꙑвъ а҅ще хощетъ пожръти богомъ · о҅тъвѣща блаженꙑи҆ и҅ринеи глагол҄ѧ: нъ и҅ жити же съ вами не хощѫ ·

     Privedenŭ ȏubo bystŭ svętyi irinei kŭ knęzu provhu · i vŭprošenŭ byvhŭ ašte xoštetŭ požrŭti bogomhŭ · otŭvěšta blaženyi hirinei glagolʹję: nhŭ i žiti že sŭ vami ne xoštǫ ·

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• живъ (živŭ)
• животъ (životŭ)

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жити”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 218
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “жити”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎, volume 1, Prague: Euroslavica, page 608
• Koch, Christoph (1990) “§ 56 Konj. I.1a,3a/3b (živǫ žiti/plěvǫ plěti)”, in Das morphologische System des altkirchenslavischen Verbums‎ (in German), Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, page 641
• Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жи”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 260, line 2
• Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жиста”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 5, line 20
• Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жихомъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 36.5, line 10
• Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “живе”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 257.5, line 9
• Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “прижитъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis‎ (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 241.5, line 27

Inherited from Old Ukrainian жити (žiti), from Proto-Slavic *žìti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

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• Rhymes: -ɪte
• Hyphenation: жи‧ти

жи́ти • (žýty) impf

1. to live

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “жити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “жити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)