швидкий

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word швидкий. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word швидкий, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say швидкий in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word швидкий you have here. The definition of the word швидкий will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofшвидкий, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian швыдкїй (švydkij), borrowed from dialectal szwytki, świtki (agile, quick, dashing), from Middle Low German swît, from Old Saxon swīth, from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéntos.[1]

Cognate with southwestern dialectal Russian швы́дкий (švýdkij)[2] and dialectal Belarusian швы́дкі (švýdki),[3][1] and, more distantly, English swith, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (swinþs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

швидки́й (švydkýj) (comparative шви́дший, superlative найшви́дший, adverb шви́дко, abstract noun шви́дкість)

  1. fast, quick
    Synonyms: би́стрий (býstryj), прудки́й (prudkýj)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ukrainian: шми́тки́й (šmýtkýj) (dialectal)[4]

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “швидки́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 398
  2. ^ Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “швыдкий”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “швы́дкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  4. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шмиткий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 447