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živeti

živeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Verb

žíveti impf (Cyrillic spelling жи́вети)

  1. (intransitive) to live, exist, be alive
  2. (intransitive) to dwell, reside

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • požíveti
  • prežíveti
  • prožíveti
  • sažíveti
  • užíveti
  • zažíveti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian živeti, Bulgarian живея (živéja), Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (to live). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒiˈʋeːti/
  • Hyphenation: ži‧vé‧ti

Verb

živéti impf (first-person singular present živím, past active participle žível)

  1. live (be alive)
  2. to reside

Conjugation

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