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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian святи́й (svjatýj) or earlier Old Ruthenian свѧтый (svjatyj), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *svętъ. Displaced native швети (šveti), from Old Slovak svätý, whose root only survives in швето (šveto).
Pronunciation
Adjective
святи (svjati) (comparative святши, superlative найсвятши, adverb свято, abstract noun святосц)
- holy, sacred, saint
- (relational) ecclesiastical
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Noun
святи (svjati) m pers (female equivalent свята)
- (nominalized, Christianity) saint
- Synonym: святитель (svjatitelʹ)
Declension
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “святи”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “holy”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 138
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “saint”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 261