жила

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

Noun

жила (žila) f

  1. blood vessel, vein
  2. sinew, tendon

Inflection


Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷhīslo-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeiH- (sinew). Cognates include Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil), Latin filum (thread), Lithuanian gýsla.

Noun

жила (žila) f

  1. vein
  2. tendon

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

Noun

жила (žila) f

  1. vein
  2. tendon

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), жила”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 873

Russian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɨlə]
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

жи́ла (žíla) f inan (genitive жи́лы, nominative plural жи́лы, genitive plural жил)

  1. (anatomy) sinew, tendon
  2. (anatomy) vein
  3. (geology) vein
  4. strand
Declension

Noun

жи́ла (žíla) m anim or f anim (genitive жи́лы, nominative plural жи́лы, genitive plural жил)

  1. (derogatory) miser, niggard, skinflint
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈla]

Verb

жила́ (žilá)

  1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of жить (žitʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒîla/
  • Hyphenation: жи‧ла

Noun

жи̏ла f (Latin spelling žȉla)

  1. vein
  2. tendon

Declension

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