житие
See also: житје
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic житиѥ (žitije, “life”), from Proto-Slavic *žitьje, from Proto-Slavic *žiti (“to live”). Doublet of житьё (žitʹjó), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation
Noun
житие́ • (žitijé) n inan (genitive жития́, nominative plural жития́, genitive plural жити́й)
- (philosophy, ecclesiastic, dated) life, existence
- (philosophy, ecclesiastic) life, biography
- жития́ святы́х ― žitijá svjatýx ― hagiography
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