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život

život

Czech

Noun

život m

  1. life

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Czech život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan [script needed] (gayo, life) (accusative [script needed] (ǰyātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live), compare *gʷih₃wós (alive). Related to živeti (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

žìvot m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)

  1. life

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Serbo-Croatian život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan [script needed] (gayo, life) (accusative [script needed] (ǰyātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live), compare *gʷih₃wós (alive). Related to žiť (to live).

Noun

život m (genitive singular života, nominative plural životy, declension pattern of dub)

  1. life

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