жити

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒiti]

Particle

жити • (žiti)

  1. Particle used in implorations.
  2. Depreciative particle.
    Жити одговорот!
    What an answer! (i.e. an inadequate answer)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žiti.

Verb

жити • (žitiimpf

  1. to live
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “жити”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 126.5, line 21:
      Приведенъ о̑убо бꙑстъ свѧтꙑи҆ иринеи къ кнѧзоу провоу · и҅ въпрошенъ бꙑвъ а҅ще хощетъ пожръти богомъ · о҅тъвѣща блаженꙑи҆ и҅ринеи глагол҄ѧ: нъ и҅ жити же съ вами не хощѫ ·
      Privedenŭ ôubo bystŭ svętyi irinei kŭ knęzu provu · hi vŭprošenŭ byvŭ hašte xoštetŭ požrŭti bogomŭ · hotŭvěšta blaženyi hirinei glagolʹję: nŭ hi žiti že sŭ vami ne xoštǫ ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of жити (class IA1, intransitive)
infinitive supine verbal noun
жити
žiti
житъ
žitŭ
житьѥ
žitĭje
participles1 present past
active живꙑ
živy
живъ
živŭ
passive
l-participle masculine neuter feminine
singular жилъ
žilŭ
жило
žilo
жила
žila
dual жила
žila
жилѣ
žilě
жилѣ
žilě
plural жили
žili
жила
žila
жилꙑ
žily
present imperfect imperative
singular 1st живѫ
živǫ
живѣахъ
živěaxŭ
2nd живеши
živeši
живѣаше
živěaše
живи
živi
3rd живетъ
živetŭ
живѣаше
živěaše
живи
živi
dual 1st живевѣ
živevě
живѣаховѣ
živěaxově
живѣве
živěve
2nd живета
živeta
живѣашета
živěašeta
живѣта
živěta
3rd живете, живета
živete, živeta
живѣашете, живѣашета
živěašete, živěašeta
plural 1st живемъ
živemŭ
живѣахомъ
živěaxomŭ
живѣмъ
živěmŭ
2nd живете
živete
живѣашете
živěašete
живѣте
živěte
3rd живѫтъ
živǫtŭ
живѣахѫ
živěaxǫ
ox-aorist5 s-aorist6
singular 1st живохъ
živoxŭ
жихъ
žixŭ
2nd живе
žive
жи, житъ
ži, žitŭ
3rd живе
žive
жи, житъ
ži, žitŭ
dual 1st живоховѣ
živoxově
жиховѣ
žixově
2nd живоста
živosta
жиста
žista
3rd живосте, живоста
živoste, živosta
жисте, жиста
žiste, žista
plural 1st живохомъ
živoxomŭ
жихомъ
žixomŭ
2nd живосте
živoste
жисте
žiste
3rd живошѧ
živošę
жишѧ
žišę
compound tenses
perfect2 Use the l-participle of жити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → жилъ ѥсмь
pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of жити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → жилъ бѣхъ or жилъ бѣахъ
future Use the infinitive of жити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. first-person singular → имамь жити, хощѫ жити, начьнѫ жити or въчьнѫ жити
future perfect2, 3 Use the l-participle of жити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → жилъ бѫдѫ
conditional2 Use the l-participle of жити and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → жилъ бимь or жилъ бꙑхъ

1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a new aorist.
6 Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of жити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Ukrainian жити (žyty), from Proto-Slavic *žìti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪte]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪte
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ти

Verb

жи́ти • (žýtyimpf

  1. to live

Conjugation

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