свей
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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from све́ять (svéjatʹ)
Noun
свей • (svej) m inan (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев)
Declension
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣи pl (svěi), from Old Swedish swēar and Old Norse svíar. Doublet of швед (šved).
Noun
свей • (svej) m anim (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев, relational adjective све́йский)
- (historical) Swede (a member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited what is now central Sweden)
- (archaic) Swede (a person from Sweden)
- Synonym: швед (šved)
Declension
Etymology 3
Verb
свей • (svej)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of свить (svitʹ)