žywy
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See also: żywy
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- żywy (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *živъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]žywy (adverb žywje)
- alive, living
- used with byś (“to be”) to mean ‘to live’
- Wón jo žywy pó póžycku. ― He’s living in debt.
- My smy žywe na jsy. ― We live in the country.
Declension
[edit]Declension of žywy
Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | žywy | žywa | žywe | žywej | žywe |
Genitive | žywego | žyweje | žywego | žyweju | žywych |
Dative | žywemu | žywej | žywemu | žywyma | žywym |
Accusative | žywy žywego (animate) |
žywu | žywe | žywej žyweju (animate) |
žywe žywych (optional animate form) |
Instrumental | žywym | žyweju | žywym | žywyma | žywymi |
Locative | žywem | žywej | žywem | žywyma | žywych |
Derived terms
[edit]- nježywy (“lifeless”)
- žywe slobro n (“mercury, quicksilver”)
- žywosć f (“liveliness”)
- žywot m (“belly, womb”)
- žywy płot n (“hedge; wolfberry plant”)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- labowaś impf (“to live”) (colloquial)
References
[edit]- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “žywy”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “žywy”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Categories:
- Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Lower Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Lower Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian adjectives
- Lower Sorbian terms with usage examples