Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žitьje

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

    From *žiti +‎ *-ьje.

    Noun

    *žitьje n

    1. life

    Declension

    Declension of *žitьje (soft o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *žitьje *žitьji *žitьja
    genitive *žitьja *žitьju *žitьjь
    dative *žitьju *žitьjema *žitьjemъ
    accusative *žitьje *žitьji *žitьja
    instrumental *žitьjьmь, *žitьjemь* *žitьjema *žitьji
    locative *žitьji *žitьju *žitьjixъ
    vocative *žitьje *žitьji *žitьja

    * -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: житьѥ (žitĭje)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: житьѥ (žitĭje), житиѥ (žitije)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: жи́ће (obsolete, poetic)
        Latin script: žíće (obsolete, poetic)
      • Slovene: žitje (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1967), “житьё”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 57
    • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жыццё”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika
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