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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
житие • (žitie) n
- hagiography
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic житиѥ (žitije, “life”), from Proto-Slavic *žitьje, from Proto-Slavic *žiti (“to live”). Doublet of житьё (žitʹjó), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
житие́ • (žitijé) n inan (genitive жития́, nominative plural жития́, genitive plural жити́й)
- (philosophy, ecclesiastic, dated) life, existence
- (philosophy, ecclesiastic) life, biography
- жития́ святы́х ― žitijá svjatýx ― hagiography
Declension
Synonyms
- жизнь (žiznʹ) (modern and standard)
- живо́т (živót) (archaic, "stomach", "belly" in modern Russian)
- житьё (žitʹjó) (informal)