жиц

See also: žic

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak žiť, from Proto-Slavic *žiti. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn жы́ти (žŷ́ty) and Slovak žiť.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒit͡s]
• Rhymes: -it͡s
• Hyphenation: жиц

Verb

жиц (žic) impf

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

   най жиє! ― naj žije! ― long live!

2. (intransitive) to live, to inhabit

   дзе ти жиєш? ― dze ti žiješ? ― where do you live?

3. (intransitive) to live (to make a living doing something; to provide for oneself; to subsist)

   жиц з дня на дзень ― žic z dnja na dzenʹ ― to live hand-to-mouth (literally, “to live from day to day”)

Derived terms

adjectives

• од'жити (od'žiti)
• прежити (prežiti)

 

verbs

• виживйовац impf (viživjovac)
• вижиц pf (vižic)
• доживйовац impf (doživjovac)
• дожиц pf (dožic)
• зажиц pf (zažic)
• зужиц pf (zužic)
• над'жиц (nad'žic)
• нажиц pf (nažic)
• оживйовац impf (oživjovac)
• ожиц pf (ožic)
• пожиц pf (požic)
• преживац impf (preživac)
• преживйовац impf (preživjovac)
• прежиц pf (prežic)
• уживйовац impf (uživjovac)
• ужиц pf (užic)

 

Related terms

adjectives

• живи (živi)

 

nouns

• живот m inan (život)
• жице n (žice)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “жиц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “live”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 168