život

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech život, 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]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

život m inan (related adjective životní)

  1. life
    běžný životordinary life, regular life

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
adverb
  • doživotně
nouns
  • život není peříčko

Further reading

  • život in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • život in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • život in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ, probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒiʋot/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒivot/

Noun

život m inan

  1. life

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: život

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

žìvot m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)

  1. life

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited 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)). Related to žiť (to live).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒivɔt]

Noun

život m inan (genitive singular života, declension pattern of dub)

  1. life
    Antonym: smrť

Declension

Derived terms

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
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