žiť

See also: zit, zīt, and žít

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žiti (compare Czech žít, Polish żyć, Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate to Lithuanian gyvénti, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒic/

Verb

žiť impf

1. to live

Further reading

• “žiť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024