žywy

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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.

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See also[edit]

  • labowaś impf (to live) (colloquial)

References[edit]

  • 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