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]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ži‧vot
Declension
Derived terms
- celoživotní
- doživotní
- životaschopný
- životní
- doživotně
- život není peříčko
Old Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ, probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | život | života, životy | životi, životové (životoví), životy |
| genitive | života, životu | životú (životou) | životóv (životuov, životů), život |
| dative | životu, životovi | životoma, životama | životóm (životuom, životům) |
| accusative | život, života | života, životy | životy |
| vocative | živote | života, životy | životi, životové (životoví), životy |
| locative | životě (živote), životu, životovi | životú (životou) | životiech (životích), životech, životách |
| instrumental | životem | životoma, životama | životy, životmi, životami |
Descendants
- Czech: život
Further reading
- “život”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *životъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒǐʋot/
- Hyphenation: ži‧vot
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”), 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 žiť (“to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒivot]
Noun
život m inan (genitive singular života, nominative plural životy, genitive plural životov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Derived terms
- živôtik
- doživotie
- životopis
- životopisec
Further reading
- život in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk