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alive
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Examples
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- Будь моя́ мать жива́, она помогла́ бы мне. If my mother were still alive, she would have helped me.
- Ничто живо́е не мо́жет жить без воды. No living thing could live without air.
- У него живо́е воображе́ние. He has a vivid imagination.
- Твои́ родители ещё жи́вы? Are your parents still living?
- Взгляну́л я и не узна́л прежнего челове́ка: то в лице́ его была́ смерть, а теперь вдруг стал живо́й, и в лице́ его я узна́л бо́га. I looked up, and did not recognize the same man: before, I had seen death in his face; but now he was alive, and I recognized in him the presence of God.
- Они пойма́ли льва живы́м. They caught a lion alive.
- Я жив, даже если не подаю́ никаки́х при́знаков жи́зни. I am alive even though I am not giving any sign of life.
- Ты ещё жив, Сиско? Are you still alive, Sysko?
- Пове́рить не могу́, что я ещё жив. I can't believe I'm still alive.
- Э́тим спо́собом они ло́вят слоно́в живы́ми. This is the way they capture elephants alive.
Declension
mmasculin | ffeminin | nneuter | plplural | |
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nom. nominative | живо́й | жива́я | живо́е | живы́е |
gen. genitive | живо́го | живо́й | живо́го | живы́х |
dat. dative | живо́му | живо́й | живо́му | живы́м |
acc. accusative |
живо́го живо́й |
живу́ю | живо́е |
живы́х живы́е |
inst. instrumental | живы́м |
живо́й живо́ю |
живы́м | живы́ми |
prep. prepositional | живо́м | живо́й | живо́м | живы́х |
Comparatives
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comparative | - |
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superlative | - |
Short Forms
male | жив |
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female | жива́ |
neuter | жи́во |
plural | жи́вы |
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Contributions
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Sandy edited comparative forms 7 months ago
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Sandy edited comparative forms 7 months ago
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ericqaz11 edited comparative forms and translation 1 year ago
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ericqaz11 edited comparative forms and translation 1 year ago