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жизнь
жизнь
Russian
Etymology
Borrowing from Old Church Slavonic жизнь (žiznĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žiti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʐɨzʲnʲ]
Noun
жизнь • (žiznʹ) f inan (genitive жи́зни, nominative plural жи́зни, genitive plural жи́зней)
Declension
Pre-reform declension of жизнь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Synonyms
- житьё (žitʹjó) (colloquial)
- житие́ (žitijé) (philosophical, ecclesiastic)
- жисть (žistʹ) (regional, informal and colloquial humorous)
Related terms
- жить (žitʹ)
- жизнеспосо́бность f (žiznesposóbnostʹ)