живот

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to живея (živeja, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiˈvɔt/

Noun

живот • (život) m

1. (countable) life
2. (uncountable) vitality, energy
3. (countable) lifetime
4. (countable) biography
5. (uncountable) existence, the world in general
6. (countable) a style of life, living
7. (countable) cost of living, a person's means of supporting himself, livelihood
8. (uncountable) real life, reality
9. (uncountable) agreement, harmony

Synonyms

• (vitality): жизненост (žiznenost)
• (biography): биография (biografija)
• (existence): съществувание (sǎštestvuvanie)
• (real life): действителност (dejstvitelnost), реалност (realnost)
• (agreement): сговор (sgovor)

Related terms

• живея (živeja)
• жив (živ)

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Bulgarian and Russian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to живея (živeja, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒivɔt/

Noun

живот • (život) m

1. life

Inflection

Declension of живот

	singular	plural
indefinite	живот	животи
definite unspecified	животот	животите
definite proximal	животов	животиве
definite distal	животон	животине
vocative	животу	животи
count form	—	живота

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Bulgarian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd, ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to Bulgarian живея (živeja, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐɨˈvot]

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Noun

живо́т • (živót) m inan (genitive живота́, nominative plural животы́, genitive plural живото́в)

1. belly, stomach
2. (archaic, poetic) life

Declension

Declension of живо́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	живо́т živót	животы́ životý
genitive	живота́ životá	живото́в životóv
dative	животу́ životú	живота́м životám
accusative	живо́т živót	животы́ životý
instrumental	живото́м životóm	живота́ми životámi
prepositional	животе́ životé	живота́х životáx

Synonyms

• (belly) брю́хо (brjúxo), пу́зо (púzo)
• (life) жизнь (žiznʹ), житьё (žitʹjó), житие́ (žitijé)

Related terms

• живо́тное (živótnoje)
• живо́тный (živótnyj)
• жить (žitʹ)
• живо́й (živój)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Bulgarian and Russian живо́т (živót), Czech, Slovak, and 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 βίοτος (bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). Related to живея (živeja, “to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒǐʋot/
• Hyphenation: жи‧вот

Noun

жѝвот m (Latin spelling žìvot)

1. life

Declension

Declension of живот

	singular	plural
nominative	жѝвот	животи
genitive	живо̀та	живо́та̄
dative	животу	животима
accusative	живот	животе
vocative	животе	животи
locative	животу	животима
instrumental	животом	животима

Related terms

• живети
• жив