жыць

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Belarusian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *žiti (compare Russian жить (žitʹ), Ukrainian жи́ти (žýty), Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (to live). Cognate to Lithuanian gyventi, Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʐɨt͡sʲ]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

жыць (žycʹimpf

  1. to live

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

imperfective

perfective