Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žitьje

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *žiti +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*žitьje n

1. life

Declension

Declension of *žitьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žitьje	*žitьji	*žitьja
genitive	*žitьja	*žitьju	*žitьjь
dative	*žitьju	*žitьjema	*žitьjemъ
accusative	*žitьje	*žitьji	*žitьja
instrumental	*žitьjьmь, *žitьjemь*	*žitьjema	*žitьji
locative	*žitьji	*žitьju	*žitьjixъ
vocative	*žitьje	*žitьji	*žitьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: житьѥ (žitĭje)
    • Old Ruthenian: житье́ (žitʹjé), жытье́ (žytʹjé)
      • Belarusian: жыццё (žyccjó)
      • Ukrainian: життя́ (žyttjá)
    • Russian: житьё (žitʹjó) (colloquial)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: житьѥ (žitĭje), житиѥ (žitije)
    • → Old East Slavic: житиѥ (žitije)
      • Old Ruthenian: житїе́ (žitijé), жытїе́ (žytijé)
        • Belarusian: жыціе (žycije)
        • Ukrainian: житіє́ (žytijé)
      • Russian: житие́ (žitijé)
    • Bulgarian: житие́ (žitié)
    • Macedonian: житие (žitie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жи́ће (obsolete, poetic)

    Latin script: žíće (obsolete, poetic)

  • Slovene: žitje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: žitie
    • Czech: žití
  • Old Polish: życie
    • Polish: życie
    • Silesian: życie
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: żëcé
    • Slovincian: żëcé
  • Old Slovak: žitia, žitie, žití
    • Pannonian Rusyn: жице (žice)
    • Slovak: žitie (bookish)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: žyśe
    • Upper Sorbian: žiće

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1967) “житьё”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 57
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жыццё”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika