žito

See also: zito

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɪto]

Etymology 1

From Old Czech žito, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom. First attested in the 14th century.

Noun

žito n

1. rye, any member of the genus Secale

   Synonym: (dialectal) rež

   házet flintu do žita ― to throw in the towel (idiom)

   mít se jako prase v žitě ― to live off the flat of the land

Declension

Declension of žito (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	žito	žita
genitive	žita	žit
dative	žitu	žitům
accusative	žito	žita
vocative	žito	žita
locative	žitu, žitě	žitech
instrumental	žitem	žity

Derived terms

• žitný

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

žito

1. neuter singular passive participle of žít

Further reading

• “žito”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “žito”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “žito”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒîto/

Noun

žȉto n (Cyrillic spelling жи̏то)

1. cereal, grain
2. koliva

Declension

Declension of žito

	singular	plural
nominative	žito	žita
genitive	žita	žita
dative	žitu	žitima
accusative	žito	žita
vocative	žito	žita
locative	žitu	žitima
instrumental	žitom	žitima

Further reading

• “žito”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026