svätý

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See also: svatý and сваты

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svętъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwentos, from the root *ḱwen-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvætiː/, /ˈsvetiː/

Adjective

svätý (comparative svätejší, superlative najsvätejší)

  1. holy, sacred

Declension

Further reading

  • svätý”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024