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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *světьlъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
све́тъл • (svétǎl) (adverb све́тло, abstract noun све́тлост)
- bright, light, fair (color tone)
- Synonyms: брязък (brjazǎk), плав (plav)
- lit, lighted, illuminated
- luminary, glimmering
- Synonym: лачен (lačen)
Declension
Positive forms of све́тъл
Comparative forms of све́тъл
Superlative forms of све́тъл
Derived terms
- свят (svjat, “world”)
- све́тя impf (svétja, “to illuminate, to light up”)
- све́твам pf (svétvam, “to illuminate, to light up”)
- съ́вна pf (sǎ́vna), съ́ввам impf (sǎ́vvam, “to brighten”) (dialectal, dated) → съ́мва се (sǎ́mva se, “to dawn, to day-break”)
- свещ (svešt, “candle”)
- цвят (cvjat, “color, flower”)
References
- “светъл”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свѐтъл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 543