жито

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito.

Pronunciation

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Noun

жи́то (žíton (relational adjective жи́тен)

  1. (singular only) wheat
  2. (singular only) wheat kernel
  3. (plural only) wheat field
  4. (singular only) grain

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (grain, corn).

Pronunciation

Noun

жито (žiton (relational adjective житен)

  1. grain, cereal

Declension

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žito (grain, corn), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

Noun

жито (žiton

  1. grain
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
      бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.
      bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.
      If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (grain, corn), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

Pronunciation

Noun

жи́то (žíton inan (genitive жи́та, nominative plural жи́та, genitive plural жит)

  1. grain (any unground grain, such as rye, wheat, buckwheat, millet, barley, maize, oats)
  2. (dated or regional, Belarus or Ukraine) rye
    Synonym: рожь (rožʹ)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žito, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

Noun

жи̏то n (Latin spelling žȉto)

  1. wheat
  2. koliva

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian жито (žito), from Proto-Slavic *žito (grain, corn).

Pronunciation

Noun

жи́то (žýton inan (genitive жи́та, uncountable, relational adjective жи́тній)

  1. rye

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