žywy

See also: żywy

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *živъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɨwɨ/

Adjective

žywy (adverb žywje)

  1. alive, living
  2. 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

Derived terms

  • nježywy (lifeless)
  • žywe slobro n (mercury, quicksilver)
  • žywosć f (liveliness)
  • žywot m (belly, womb)
  • žywy płot n (hedge; wolfberry plant)
  • žywiś impf (to feed, nourish)
  • žywjenje n (life)

See also

  • labowaś impf (to live) (colloquial)

References

  • 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
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