žywy

See also: żywy

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɨwɨ/

Adjective

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.

Declension

Derived terms

  • nježywy (“lifeless”)
  • žywe slobro n (“mercury, quicksilver”)
  • žywosć f (“liveliness”)
  • žywot m (“belly, womb”)
  • žywy płot n (“hedge; wolfberry plant”)
  • žywiś impf (“to feed, nourish”)
  • žywjenje n (“life”)

See also

  • labowaś impf (“to live”) (colloquial)

References

  • 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
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