жизнь

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

жизнь • (žiznĭ) f

  1. life

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жизнь (žiznĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žiznь. By surface analysis, жить (žitʹ) + -знь (-znʹ). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic жизнь (žiznĭ), Old Polish żyźń.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨzʲnʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

жизнь • (žiznʹ) f inan (genitive жи́зни, nominative plural жи́зни, genitive plural жи́зней, relational adjective жи́зненный, diminutive жи́знюшка)

  1. life
  2. practice
    претворя́ть/претвори́ть в жизнь/де́лоpretvorjátʹ/pretvorítʹ v žiznʹ/déloto realize, to implement, to carry out, to put into practice

Declension

Synonyms

  • житьё (žitʹjó) (colloquial)
  • житие́ (žitijé) (philosophical, ecclesiastic)
  • жисть (žistʹ) (regional, informal and colloquial humorous)

Derived terms

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