OriginFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwás (compare Latvian dzīvs), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós, cognate with Old Church Slavonic живъ (živŭ), Sanskrit जीव (jīva), Latin vīvus, Old English cwic.
Formsgývas(canonical, masculine, stress-pattern-3) · gyvà(feminine) · gýva(neuter, positive) · gývas(masculine, nominative, singular) · gyvi̇̀(masculine, nominative, plural, positive) · gyvà(feminine, nominative, positive, singular) · gývos(feminine, nominative, plural, positive) · gývo(genitive, masculine, singular) · gyvų̃(genitive, masculine, plural, positive) · gyvõs(feminine, genitive, positive, singular) · gyvų̃(feminine, genitive, plural, positive) · gyvám(dative, masculine, singular) · gyvi̇́ems(dative, masculine, plural, positive) · gývai(dative, feminine, positive, singular) · gyvóms(dative, feminine, plural, positive) · gývą(accusative, masculine, singular) · gývus(accusative, masculine, plural, positive) · gývą(accusative, feminine, positive, singular) · gývas(accusative, feminine, plural, positive) · gývu(instrumental, masculine, singular)