żywy
Polish
adj
Definitions
- (uncomparable) live, alive, living
- (comparable) lively, vivacious
- (of a colour) vivid, vibrant
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živъ (alive).
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*živъ
Gloss
alive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- живой Russian
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- płot Polish
- żywiec Polish
- żywopłot Polish
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- živý Czech
- živ Serbo-Croatian
- жив Serbo-Croatian
- живост Serbo-Croatian
- жив Bulgarian
- жив Macedonian
- живий Ukrainian
- živý Slovak
- жывы Belarusian
- živ Slovene
- живъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- žywy Lower Sorbian
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic