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Top 500adjective

живо́й

[ʐɨˈvoj]living, live, alive

Frequency rank #357 About 1 in every 3,400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
живой #357

Meaning

  1. living, live, alive
  2. lively, vivid, vivacious, animated
  3. quick, nimble, brisk

Examples

оста́ться в живы́х

to stay alive

живо́й звук

live sound (for television programs)

Related

  • жи́венький diminutive

Forms by frequency

  • живmasculine, short form#1,137
  • жива́feminine, short form#1,996
  • жи́воneuter, short form#2,430
  • живо́йnominative, masculine#2,457
  • живы́хgenitive, plural#2,876
  • живы́мdative, plural#3,147
  • жи́выplural, short form#3,437
  • живо́еnominative, neuter#8,284
  • живы́миinstrumental, plural#8,630
  • живы́еnominative, plural#9,736
  • жива́яnominative, feminine#10,147
  • живо́гоgenitive#12,223
  • живу́юaccusative, feminine#20,605
  • живо́муdative

and 2 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeживы́е
Genitiveживы́х
Dativeживы́м
Accusativeживы́х
Instrumentalживы́ми
Prepositionalживы́х

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