noun
žito
grain, cereal crops; slava wheat (boiled, for a slava)
зерно, зерновые (хлеба; не «рожь»); коливо (на славу)
With stress
žȉto
In Cyrillic
жито
Examples from the lessons
Hvala, u zdravlje. Izvoli prvo žito.
Спасибо, на здоровье. Возьми сначала пшеницу.
Traditions & holidaysIn phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Appears in immersion pieces
The Slava: a day never forgotten
Next to it in the phrasebook
- poljoprìvredaagriculture, farming
- dòmāćīhome-made (a selling point on a market stall or menu); local, domestic
- njȉvaan arable field, a field under crops (a field in general is polje)
- stȍkalivestock (a collective noun; of people, a coarse insult)
- trȁktortractor
- žȅtvathe grain harvest, reaping (fruit and grapes are berba)
- bèrbathe harvest, picking (of grapes, fruit, berries; grain is žetva)
- òrgānskīorganic (also of food grown without chemicals)
- vȍćnjākorchard (voće — fruit; bašta — the garden by the house)
- vìnogrāda vineyard (the grapes are grožđe)