żyw

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐɘf/

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• Rhymes: -ɘf
• Syllabification: żyw

Adjective

żyw

1. (archaic) short form of żywy

Verb

żyw

1. second-person singular imperative of żywić

Further reading

• “żyw”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwás

Proto-Slavic *žȋvъ

Slovincian żyw

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žȋvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɪf/
• Rhymes: -ɪf
• Syllabification: żyw

Adjective

żyw

1. living, alive (having life)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912), “žḯv”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1451