живой

Russian

adj
Definitions
  • living, live, alive
  • lively, vivid, vivacious, animated
  • quick, nimble, brisk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živъ (alive) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive), *gʷeyh₃- (live).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷeyh₃-

Gloss

live

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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