živeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• žívjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒǐːʋeti/
• Hyphenation: ži‧ve‧ti

Verb

žíveti impf (Cyrillic spelling жи́вети)

1. (intransitive) to live, exist, be alive

   Živeti nije ugodno, ali je zanimljivo ― To live is not pleasant, but it is interesting.

2. (intransitive) to dwell, reside

Conjugation

Conjugation of živeti

infinitive		živeti
present verbal adverb		žívēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		žívljēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		živim	živiš	živi	živimo	živite	žive
future	future I	živet ću1 živeću	živet ćeš1 živećeš	živet će1 živeće	živet ćemo1 živećemo	živet ćete1 živećete	živet ćē1 živeće
	future II	bȕdēm živeo2	bȕdēš živeo2	bȕdē živeo2	bȕdēmo živeli2	bȕdēte živeli2	bȕdū živeli2
past	perfect	živeo sam2	živeo si2	živeo je2	živeli smo2	živeli ste2	živeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam živeo2	bȉo si živeo2	bȉo je živeo2	bíli smo živeli2	bíli ste živeli2	bíli su živeli2
	imperfect	življah	življaše	življaše	življasmo	življaste	življahu
conditional	conditional I	živeo bih2	živeo bi2	živeo bi2	živeli bismo2	živeli biste2	živeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih živeo2	bȉo bi živeo2	bȉo bi živeo2	bíli bismo živeli2	bíli biste živeli2	bíli bi živeli2
imperative		—	živi	—	živimo	živite	—
active past participle		živeo m / živela f / živelo n			živeli m / živele f / živela n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• dožíveti
• ižíveti
• nadžíveti
• nažíveti
• odžíveti
• ožíveti
• požíveti
• prežíveti
• prožíveti
• sažíveti
• užíveti
• zažíveti
• živeli

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *živěti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiʋèːti/
• Hyphenation: ži‧vé‧ti

Verb

živẹ́ti impf

1. to live (be alive)
2. to reside

Conjugation

-eti -im
infinitive	živẹ́ti
1st singular	živím
infinitive	živẹ́ti			živȅt, živẹ̑t
supine	živȅt, živẹ̑t
verbal noun	—
	participle			converb
present	živȅč			—
past	živẹ̑t			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	žíveł		živẹ̄la		živẹ́lo
dual	živẹ́la		živẹ́li		živẹ́li
plural	živẹ́li		živẹ́le		živẹ́la
	present			imperative
1st singular	živím			—
2nd singular	živíš			žívi
3rd singular	živí			—
1st dual	živíva			živȋva
2nd dual	živíta			živȋta
3rd dual	živíta			—
1st plural	živímo			živȋmo
2nd plural	živíte			živȋte
3rd plural	živíjo			—

Derived terms

• doživẹ́ti
• oživẹ́ti
• poživẹ́ti
• preživẹ́ti
• vživẹ́ti
• zaživẹ́ti

Further reading

• “živeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “živeti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references