život
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]život m inan (related adjective životní)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- See žít
Further reading
[edit]- “život”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “život”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “život”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ, probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]život m inan
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | život | životy | životi, životové |
| genitive | života, životu | životú | životóv |
| dative | životu | životoma | životóm |
| accusative | život | životy | životy |
| vocative | živote | životy | životi, životové |
| locative | životě, životu | životú | životiech |
| instrumental | životem | životoma | životy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Czech: život
Further reading
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “život”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *životъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]žìvot m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]život m inan
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “život”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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