žív alive, living; live; (živahen) lively, vivacious, vivid, animated
 žív in zdrav hale and hearty
 žíve barve bright (ali gay, vivid, glaring) colours pl
 žíva domišljija vivid imagination
 žíva duša ne not a living soul (ali creature)
 žívi jeziki living languages pl
 žívo apno quicklime, unslaked lime
 žíva meja hedge
 žívo meso tender flesh, quick
 žív opis vivid description
 žív spomin vivid recollection
 žíva teža live weight
 žíva vera fervent belief (ali faith), living faith
 žívo zanimanje vivid interest
 žíva žerjavica live coals pl
 živi (ljudje) pl the living
 na žíve in mrtve in (real) earnest
 vse svoje žíve dni all my (your itd.) life
 žívo srebro quicksilver, mercury
 žíva skala living rock, bedrock
 žíva oddaja live broadcast
 dokler bom žív as long as I live
 je tvoj brat še žív? is your brother still alive?
 on je žíva (verna) slika svojega očeta he is the living image of his father
 kar sem žív all my life, in all my born days
 biti med žívimi (figurativno) to be in the land of the living
 sem bolj mrtev kot žív I am more dead than alive, I am half-dead
 žívo se spominjati to have a vivid recollection (of)
 ne morem ga žívega videti (figurativno) I can't bear (ali stand, endure) the sight of him
 starost ji ne more do žívega (ji nič ne more) (pesniško) age cannot wither her
 žív krst (žíva duša) tega ne ve not a living soul knows it
 zadeti v žívo to cut (ali to sting, to touch) to the quick
 zadet v žívo cut to the quick
 žívi in mrtvi the living (ali arhaično the quick) and the dead