жизнь
Appearance
Old Church Slavonic
[edit]Noun
[edit]жизнь • (žiznĭ) f
Declension
[edit]Declension of жизнь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | жизнь žiznĭ |
жизни žizni |
жизни žizni |
genitive | жизни žizni |
жизнью, жизнию žiznĭju, žizniju |
жизньи, жизнии žiznĭi, žiznii |
dative | жизни žizni |
жизньма žiznĭma |
жизньмъ žiznĭmŭ |
accusative | жизнь žiznĭ |
жизни žizni |
жизни žizni |
instrumental | жизньѭ, жизниѭ žiznĭjǫ, žiznijǫ |
жизньма žiznĭma |
жизньми žiznĭmi |
locative | жизни žizni |
жизнью, жизнию žiznĭju, žizniju |
жизньхъ žiznĭxŭ |
vocative | жизни žizni |
жизни žizni |
жизньѥ, жизниѥ žiznĭje, žiznije |
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic жизнь (žiznĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žiznь. By surface analysis, жить (žitʹ) + -знь (-znʹ). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic жизнь (žiznĭ), Old Polish żyźń.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]жизнь • (žiznʹ) f inan (genitive жи́зни, nominative plural жи́зни, genitive plural жи́зней, relational adjective жи́зненный, diminutive жи́знюшка)
- life
- 1877, Лев Толстой, “Часть II Глава VIII”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
- Всю жизнь свою Алексей Александрович прожил и проработал в сферах служебных, имеющих дело с отражениями жизни. И каждый раз, когда он сталкивался с самою жизнью, он отстранялся от неё.
- Vsju žiznʹ svoju Aleksej Aleksandrovič prožil i prorabotal v sferax služebnyx, imejuščix delo s otraženijami žizni. I každyj raz, kogda on stalkivalsja s samoju žiznʹju, on otstranjalsja ot nejó.
- All his life Alexey Alexandrovitch had lived and worked in official spheres, having to do with the reflection of life. And every time he had stumbled against life itself he had shrunk away from it.
- practice
- претворя́ть/претвори́ть в жизнь/де́ло ― pretvorjátʹ/pretvorítʹ v žiznʹ/délo ― to realize, to implement, to carry out, to put into practice
Declension
[edit]Pre-reform declension of жизнь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Synonyms
[edit]- житьё (žitʹjó) (colloquial)
- житие́ (žitijé) (philosophical, ecclesiastic)
- жисть (žistʹ) (regional, informal and colloquial humorous)
Derived terms
[edit]- жи́за́ (žízá)
Related terms
[edit]- жить (žitʹ)
- жизнеде́ятельный (žiznedéjatelʹnyj)
- жизнелюбие (žizneljubije)
- жизнеобеспечение (žizneobespečenije)
- жизнеописание (žizneopisanije)
- жизнерадостный (žizneradostnyj)
- жизнеспосо́бный (žiznesposóbnyj)
- жизнеспосо́бность (žiznesposóbnostʹ)
Categories:
- Old Church Slavonic lemmas
- Old Church Slavonic nouns
- Old Church Slavonic feminine nouns
- Old Church Slavonic i-stem nouns
- Old Church Slavonic feminine i-stem nouns
- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms suffixed with -знь
- Russian 1-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian terms with quotations
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form nouns
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a