жито
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒito]
Noun
жи́то • (žíto) n (related adjective жи́тен)
- (singularonly) wheat
- (singularonly) wheat kernel
- (plural only) wheat field
- (singularonly) grain
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | жи́то žíto | жита́ žitá |
definite | жи́тото žítoto | жита́та žitáta |
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒitɔ]
Noun
жито • (žito) n (related adjective житен)
- grain, cereal
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | жито | жита |
definite unspecified | житото | житата |
definite proximal | житово | житава |
definite distal | житоно | житана |
vocative | жито | жита |
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.
Noun
жито • (žito) n
- grain
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
- бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.
- bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.
- If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
Declension
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | жито žito | житѣ žitě | жита žita |
Accusative | жито žito | житѣ žitě | жита žita |
Genitive | жита žita | житоу žitu | житъ žitŭ |
Locative | житѣ žitě | житоу žitu | житѣхъ žitěxŭ |
Dative | житоу žitu | житома žitoma | житомъ žitomŭ |
Instrumental | житомь žitomĭ | житома žitoma | житꙑ žity |
Vocative | жито žito | житѣ žitě | жита žita |
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʐɨtə]
Noun
жи́то • (žíto) n inan (genitive жи́та, nominative plural жи́та, genitive plural жит)
- grain (any unground grain, such as rye, wheat, buckwheat, millet, barley, maize, oats)
- (dated or regional, Belarus or Ukraine) rye
- Synonym: рожь (rožʹ)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | жи́то žíto | жи́та žíta |
genitive | жи́та žíta | жи́т žít |
dative | жи́ту žítu | жи́там žítam |
accusative | жи́то žíto | жи́та žíta |
instrumental | жи́том žítom | жи́тами žítami |
prepositional | жи́те žíte | жи́тах žítax |
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | жи́то žíto | жи́та žíta |
genitive | жи́та žíta | жи́тъ žít |
dative | жи́ту žítu | жи́тамъ žítam |
accusative | жи́то žíto | жи́та žíta |
instrumental | жи́томъ žítom | жи́тами žítami |
prepositional | жи́тѣ žítě | жи́тахъ žítax |
Related terms
- жи́тница (žítnica)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *geiˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃tom, from *gʷeyh₃-.
Noun
жи̏то n (Latin spelling žȉto)
- wheat
- koliva
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | жито | жита |
genitive | жита | жита |
dative | житу | житима |
accusative | жито | жита |
vocative | жито | жита |
locative | житу | житима |
instrumental | житом | житима |
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old Ukrainian жито (žito), from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒɪtɔ]
Audio (file)
Noun
жи́то • (žýto) n inan (genitive жи́та, uncountable, related adjective жи́тній)
- rye
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | жи́то žýto |
genitive | жи́та žýta |
dative | жи́тові, жи́ту žýtovi, žýtu |
accusative | жи́то žýto |
instrumental | жи́том žýtom |
locative | жи́ті žýti |
vocative | жи́то žýto |
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жито”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “жито”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “жито”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “жито”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)