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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwetei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gýti (“to heal; to recover”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit जीवति (jī́vati), Latin vīvō (“to live”) (infinitive vīvere).

Verb

*žìti [1]

  1. to live

Inflection
Conjugation of *žiti (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*žitьje *žiti *žitъ *žilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *žitъ *živomъ
Active *živъ *živy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *živ(ox)ъ*žive*žive *živǫ*živeši*živetь
Dual *živ(ox)ově*živ(e/os)ta*živ(e/os)te *živevě*živeta*živete
Plural *živ(ox)omъ*živ(e/os)te*živǫ, *živošę *živemъ*živete*živǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *živěaxъ*živěaše*živěaše —*živi*živi
Dual *živěaxově*živěašeta*živěašete *živěvě*živěta—
Plural *živěaxomъ*živěašete*živěaxǫ *živěmъ*živěte—

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*žìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 562: “v. (c) ‘live’”
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