жито

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒito]

жи́то • (žíto) n (related adjective жи́тен)

1. (singularonly) wheat
2. (singularonly) wheat kernel
3. (plural only) wheat field
4. (singularonly) grain

From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒitɔ]

жито • (žito) n (related adjective житен)

1. grain, cereal

From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

жито • (žito) n

1. grain
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:

     бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.

     bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.

     If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐɨtə]

жи́то • (žíto) n inan (genitive жи́та, nominative plural жи́та, genitive plural жит)

1. grain (any unground grain, such as rye, wheat, buckwheat, millet, barley, maize, oats)
2. (dated or regional, Belarus or Ukraine) rye

   Synonym: рожь (rožʹ)

• жи́тница (žítnica)

From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.

жи̏то n (Latin spelling žȉto)

1. wheat
2. koliva

From Old Ukrainian жито, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɪtɔ]

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жи́то • (žýto) n inan (genitive жи́та, uncountable, related adjective жи́тній)

1. rye

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жито”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “жито”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “жито”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “жито”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)