život

Etymology

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/

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Noun

život m

1. life

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ), Russian живот (život), Czech život, Slovene življenje), 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 živeti (“to live”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

žìvot m (Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)

1. life

Etymology

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): /ˈʒivɔt/

Noun

život m (genitive singular života, nominative plural životy, genitive plural životov, declension pattern of dub)

1. life

Further reading

• život in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk