Czech

Noun

život m

1. life

Declension

Derived terms

• životaschopný m
• životabudič m
• životopis m
• umělý život m
• milostný život m
• společenský život m
• způsob života m
• životní

Related terms

• žít
• živý

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ ‎(životŭ), Russian живот ‎(život), Czech život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà ‎(“life”), Sanskrit जीवित ‎(jīvitá), Avestan [script needed] ‎(gayo, “life”) (accusative [script needed] ‎(ǰyātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος ‎(bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- ‎(“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós ‎(“alive”). Related to živeti ‎(“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒǐʋot/
• Hyphenation: ži‧vot

Noun

žìvot m ‎(Cyrillic spelling жѝвот)

1. life

Declension

Related terms

• živeti
• živ

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *životъ (compare Old Church Slavonic животъ ‎(životŭ), Russian живот ‎(život), Serbo-Croatian život), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Lithuanian gyvatà ‎(“life”), Sanskrit जीवित ‎(jīvitá), Avestan [script needed] ‎(gayo, “life”) (accusative [script needed] ‎(ǰyātum))), Ancient Greek βῐ́οτος ‎(bíotos), Latin vīta, Old Irish bethu, bethad, Welsh bywyd), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- ‎(“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós ‎(“alive”). Related to žiť ‎(“to live”).

Noun

život m ‎(genitive singular života, nominative plural životy, declension pattern of dub)

1. life

Declension

Antonyms

• smrť

Derived terms

• doživotie
• životopis
• životopisec

Related terms

• žiť
• živý
• životný