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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From све̑т.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʋětiteʎ/
- Hyphenation: све‧ти‧тељ
Noun
свѐтитељ m (Latin spelling svètitelj)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) a saint, especially an ascetic or monk who nurtures the ideal of education and dissemination of knowledge
- Synonym: све́тац
c. 1858, anonymous author, Hymn to Saint Sava:Ускликнимо с љубављу / Светитељу Сави.- Let us cry out with love / To Saint Sava.
Declension
References
- “светитељ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024