dzīvs
Latvian
adj
Definitions
- (of people, animals) living, alive that which lives
- (of plants, their parts) living, alive
- (of body parts, their components) living, alive not dead, still working
- (definite forms) the living those who are alive
- lively, active, jolly which quickly reacts to external stimulus
- (of motion, traffic) bustling, intense, active, busy
- (of actions, events) lively, intense
- (of mental activity) lively, intense, strong, powerful
- (of works of art, etc.) lively, expressive, intensive
- (of imagined entity) living, lively very similar to reality, very impressive
- intact, untouched, safe; (of money) unspent; (of memories) well maintained
- (colloquial) such that there is a lot of it, without impurities, admixtures
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwás.
Origin
Proto-Balto-Slavic
*gīˀwás
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jiva English
- jivatma English
- overquick English
- quick English
- quick bread English
- quick-freeze English
- quick-sighted English
- quick-witted English
- quickbeam English
- quickdraw English
- quicken English
- quickhatch English
- quickie English
- quickish English
- quicklike English
- quicklime English
- quickly English
- quickness English
- quickplay English
- quicksand English
- quicksave English
- quickscope English
- quickselect English
- quicksighted English
- quicksilver English
- quicksmart English
- quicksome English
- quicksort English
- quickstart English
- quickstep English
- quickwater English
- quickwitted English
- quickwork English
- quicky English
- superquick English
- ultraquick English
- unquick English
- vivarium Latin
- viviparus Latin
- vīvus Latin
- Keckheit German
- keck German
- vivo Italian
- kek Dutch, Flemish
- vivo Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- kjekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- kvick Swedish
- kvicksand Swedish
- käck Swedish
- kjekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- cwic Old English
- cwicbeam Old English
- cwician Old English
- cwicseolfor Old English
- cwictreow Old English
- edcwic Old English
- healfcwic Old English
- samcwic Old English
- आत्मन् Sanskrit
- जीव Sanskrit
- जीवात्मन् Sanskrit
- ज्या Sanskrit
- quik Middle English
- kvikr Old Norse
- kæk Danish
- vif Old French
- viu Catalan, Valencian
- -जी Hindi
- चिरंजीव Hindi
- जी Hindi
- जीव Hindi
- viață Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- viu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înviora Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ชีพ Thai
- dzīvniecisks Latvian
- dzīvnieciskums Latvian
- dzīvnieks Latvian
- dzīvoklis Latvian
- dzīvot Latvian
- dzīvsudrabs Latvian
- dzīvība Latvian
- dzīvžogs Latvian
- mājdzīvnieks Latvian
- sudrabs Latvian
- žogs Latvian
- quik Ido
- -జీ Telugu
- జీవశాకము Telugu
- జీవాధారము Telugu
- jiwa Malay
- quec Middle High German
- 𐌵𐌹𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- vivo Old Portuguese
- জীৱ Assamese
- jīva Pali
- જીવ Gujarati
- નિર્જીવ Gujarati
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- yeatsã Aromanian
- yiu Aromanian
- qvikker Old Swedish
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- vivu Asturian
- जीव Marathi
- ជីព Central Khmer
- ជីវៈ Central Khmer
- vîf Friulian
- gyvas Lithuanian
- *ȷ́iHwás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- kwik Tok Pisin
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- vîvo Ligurian
- vi Dalmatian
- bivo Ladino
- jiwa Javanese
- ಜೀವ Kannada
- जीव Konkani
- 𑀚𑀻𑀯 Ashokan Prakrit
- ᬚᬶᬯ Balinese
- ଜୀବ Oriya
- ජීවය Sinhala, Sinhalese