светлый

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světьlъ. By surface analysis, свет (svet) +‎ -лый (-lyj).

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Adjective

све́тлый (svétlyj) (comparative (по)светле́е or (по)светле́й, adverb светло́, diminutive све́тленький, augmentative светлю́щий)

  1. light (having light), bright
  2. jolly

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “светлый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress