светитељ

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From све̑т.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋětiteʎ/
  • Hyphenation: све‧ти‧тељ

Noun

свѐтитељ m (Latin spelling svètitelj)

  1. (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