жыць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• žyć — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жити (žiti), from Old Ruthenian жи́ти (žíti), жы́ти (žýti), from Proto-Slavic *žìti. Cognate with Russian жить (žitʹ) and Ukrainian жи́ти (žýty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʐɨt͡sʲ]

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• Rhymes: -ɨt͡sʲ
• Hyphenation: жыць

Verb

жыць • (žycʹ) impf

1. (intransitive) to live (to be alive, exist)

Conjugation

Conjugation of жыць (class 16b, imperfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	жыць žycʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	жывучы́ žyvučý	жы́ўшы žýŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	жыву́ žyvú	бу́ду жы́ць búdu žýcʹ
2nd singular ты	жыве́ш žyvjéš	бу́дзеш жы́ць búdzješ žýcʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	жыве́ žyvjé	бу́дзе жы́ць búdzje žýcʹ
1st plural мы	жывём žyvjóm	бу́дзем жы́ць búdzjem žýcʹ
2nd plural вы	жывяце́ žyvjacjé	бу́дзеце жы́ць búdzjecje žýcʹ
3rd plural яны́	жыву́ць žyvúcʹ	бу́дуць жы́ць búducʹ žýcʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	жыві́ žyví	жыві́це žyvícje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	жыў žyŭ	жылі́ žylí
feminine я / ты / яна́	жыла́ žylá
neuter яно́	жыло́ žyló

Derived terms

nouns

• жыха́р m pers (žyxár)

 

verbs

• перажыва́ць impf (pjeražyvácʹ)
• перажы́ць pf (pjeražýcʹ)

 

References

• “жыць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “жыць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org