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жив

Pronunciation: [ʒif]

“жив” is a Bulgarian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. alive, living
  2. composed of living beings
  3. lively, agile, brisk, animated, active
  4. alert, bright, quick-witted
  5. vivid, keen, intense
  6. real, actual, sheer, absolute (used for emphasis)
  7. living, spoken (of a language)
  8. life-giving
  9. raw, uncooked
  10. productive (of an affix)

noun

  1. living person

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic живъ (živŭ), from Proto-Slavic *živъ. Compare Sanskrit जीव (jīva).

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