Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žiznь

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 (“to live”) +‎ *-znь.

Noun

*žiznь f

life
Synonyms: *životъ, *žitь, *žitьje

Inflection

Declension of *žiznь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žiznь	*žizni	*žizni
Accusative	*žiznь	*žizni	*žizni
Genitive	*žizni	žiznьju, žizňu^*	žiznьjь, žizni^*
Locative	*žizni	žiznьju, žizňu^*	*žiznьxъ
Dative	*žizni	*žiznьma	*žiznьmъ
Instrumental	žiznьjǫ, žizňǫ^*	*žiznьma	*žiznьmi
Vocative	*žizni	*žizni	*žizni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*gojь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жизнь (žiznĭ)
  - Russian: жизнь (žiznʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: жизнь (žiznĭ)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: żyźń
  - ⇒ Old Polish: żyzny
    - Polish: żyzny

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жизнь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. (1993), “жизнь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 304