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Ukrainian
Etymology
From світ (svit) + -ський (-sʹkyj). Compare Russian све́тский (svétskij), Belarusian све́цкі (svjécki), Polish świecki.
Pronunciation
Adjective
сві́тський • (svítsʹkyj) (abstract noun сві́тськість)
- lay, secular, temporal, worldly (not pertaining to religious or spiritual matters)
- Synonym: мирськи́й (myrsʹkýj)
- (relational) society, high-society (attributive)
Declension
Declension of сві́тський (hard)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “світський”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “світський”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “світський”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “світський”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “світський”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “світський”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)