život

Czech

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 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to žít (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒɪvot/

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Noun

život m inan

1. life

Derived terms

• životaschopný m
• životabudič m
• životopis m
• umělý život m
• milostný život m
• společenský život m
• způsob života m
• životní

Related terms

• žít
• živý

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Czech život, Slovene življenje), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), 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

Declension

Declension of život

	singular	plural
nominative	žìvot	životi
genitive	živòta	živótā
dative	životu	životima
accusative	život	živote
vocative	živote	životi
locative	životu	životima
instrumental	životom	životima

Related terms

• živjeti/živeti
• živ
• živežne namirnice

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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 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒivɔt/

Noun

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

1. life

Declension

Declension of život

	singular	plural
nominative	život	životy
genitive	života	životov
dative	životu	životom
accusative	život	životy
locative	živote	životoch
instrumental	životom	životmi

Antonyms

• smrť

Derived terms

• živôtik
• doživotie
• životopis
• životopisec

Related terms

• žiť
• živý
• životný

Further reading

• “život”, 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