Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Cognate with Sanskrit श्वेत (śveta), Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.
Noun
*svě̑tъ m
Declension
Declension of *svě̑tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *svě̑tъ | *svě̑ta | *svě̑ti |
| genitive | *svě̑ta | *světù | *svě̃tъ |
| dative | *svě̑tu | *světomà | *světòmъ |
| accusative | *svě̑tъ | *svě̑ta | *svě̑ty |
| instrumental | *svě̑tъmь, *svě̑tomь* | *světomà | *světý |
| locative | *svě̑tě | *světù | *světě̃xъ |
| vocative | *světe | *svě̑ta | *svě̑ti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 476
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “свет”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 145