Remove the ads and support us by going Pro :)

Info: Everyone can edit and improve this dictionary. You are editing this word now. Don't worry, all changes will be checked by admins later. Thank you for contributing! For feedback, bugs etc please write us to michel@openrussian.org

Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

живо́й

adjective
adverb жи́во
often used word (#306)

Translation

Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text

1.

living

Also: live, alive, lively, animated, brisk, wide-awake, vivacious

Translation:

Example:

Info:
2.

Translation:

Example:

Info:

Usage Info

Enter free text here about how to use this word, when to use it or whatever should be known by learners.

Examples

Please add/edit sentences at tatoeba.org, we update regularly from there :-)

Он всё ещё жив. He's still alive.
Всё живо́е однажды умрёт. Everything that lives will die sometime.
Пове́рить не могу́, что я ещё жив. I can't believe I'm still alive.
Я ве́рю, что Элвис всё ещё жив. I believe Elvis is still alive.
Он ещё жив. He's still alive.
Его бе́дный пёс ещё жив. His poor dog is still alive.
Если со́лнце переста́нет свети́ть, все живо́е умрёт. If the sun were to stop shining, all living things would die.
Она ве́рит, что её сын всё ещё жив. She believes her son is still alive.
Жив ли его оте́ц? Is his father alive?
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.

more... less...

Declension

	mmasculin	ffeminin	nneuter	plplural
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