# жила
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒiɫɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жи́ла • (žíla) f
* blood vessel, vein
* sinew, tendon

#### Declension
### References

* “жила”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “жила”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Anagrams

* лижа (liža)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒiɫa]
* Hyphenation: жи‧ла

### Noun

жила • (žila) f (relational adjective жилав, diminutive жиличка or жиличе)
* (anatomy) blood vessel, vein
* (anatomy) sinew, tendon
* (geology) vein, lode
* (botany) vein
* slingshot, sling, catapult

#### Declension
### References

* “жила” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila. Cognates include Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil), Latin filum (“thread”), Lithuanian gýsla.

### Noun

жила • (žila) f
* vein
* tendon

#### Declension
### References

* “жила”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʑilɑ/→/ˈʑila/→/ˈʑila/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈʑilɑ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈʑila/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈʑila/
* Hyphenation: жи́‧ла

### Noun

жила (žila) f
* vein
* tendon

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: жы́ла (žýla)
* Russian: жи́ла (žíla)
* Ukrainian: жи́ла (žýla)

### References

* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жила”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 873

## Russian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʐɨɫə]
* Rhymes: -a

#### Noun

жи́ла • (žíla) f inan (genitive жи́лы, nominative plural жи́лы, genitive plural жил, diminutive жи́лка)
* (anatomy) sinew, tendon
* (anatomy) vein
    Synonym: ве́на (véna)
* (geology) vein
* strand

##### Related terms

* жи́листый (žílistyj), двужи́льный (dvužílʹnyj), двухжи́льный (dvuxžílʹnyj), двужи́лковый (dvužílkovyj), трёхжи́льный (trjoxžílʹnyj), трёхжи́лковый (trjoxžílkovyj)
* жи́лить impf (žílitʹ), зажи́лить pf (zažílitʹ)
* жи́лка f (žílka), прожи́лка f (prožílka)

### Etymology 2

жить (žitʹ) +‎ -ла (-la)

#### Noun

жи́ла • (žíla) m anim or f anim (genitive жи́лы, nominative plural жи́лы, genitive plural жил)
* (derogatory) miser, niggard, skinflint
    Synonyms: скупец (skupec), жлоб (žlob), сквалыга (skvalyga), жмот (žmot), скупердяй (skuperdjaj), крохобор (kroxobor), скря́га (skrjága)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʐɨˈɫa]

#### Verb

жила́ • (žilá)
* feminine singular past indicative imperfective of жить (žitʹ)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žila. Doublet of фајл.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒîla/
* Hyphenation: жи‧ла

### Noun

жи̏ла f (Latin spelling žȉla)
* vein
* tendon

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *žila.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʒɪɫɐ]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

жи́ла • (žýla) f inan (genitive жи́ли, nominative plural жи́ли, genitive plural жил, diminutive жи́лка)
* (anatomy) sinew, tendon
* (anatomy) vein
    Synonym: ве́на (véna)
* (geology) vein
* strand

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒeˈɫa]

#### Verb

жила́ • (žylá)
* feminine singular past indicative imperfective of жи́ти (žýty)