свѣтъ

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Old Church Slavonic

свѣтъ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Cognate with Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, white, bright), श्वित्र (śvitrá, white), Old English hwīt (whence English white).

Noun

свѣтъ (světŭm

  1. light
    • John 3:20, from Codex Marianus, 4032000:
      вьсѣкъ бо дѣлаѩи зъла · ненавидитъ свѣта ·
      vĭsěkŭ bo dělajęi zŭla · nenaviditŭ světa ·
      For every one that doeth evil hateth the light.
    • 2 Коринт. 4:6-15 from Син. евх.:
      б҃ъ рекъі и҅с тъмъі свѣтоу въсиꙗ҅ти· ꙇ҅же въсиꙗ҅ въ ср҃цихъ вашихъ·
      b:ŭ rekhy is tŭmy světu vŭsijhathi· iže vŭsijha vŭ sr:cixŭ vašixŭ·
      For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts.
  2. world
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2436-2437:
      иже оубо изволитъ дроугъ свѣтоу семоу бꙑти врагъ божии бꙑваѥтъ
      iže ubo izvolitŭ drugŭ světu semu byti vragŭ božii byvajetŭ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of свѣтъ (o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative свѣтъ
světŭ
свѣта
světa
свѣти
světi
genitive свѣта
světa
свѣтоу
světu
свѣтъ
světŭ
dative свѣтоу
světu
свѣтома
světoma
свѣтомъ
světomŭ
accusative свѣтъ
světŭ
свѣта
světa
свѣтꙑ
světy
instrumental свѣтомъ
světomŭ
свѣтома
světoma
свѣтꙑ
světy
locative свѣтѣ
světě
свѣтоу
světu
свѣтѣхъ
světěxŭ
vocative свѣте
světe
свѣта
světa
свѣти
světi

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: свят (svjat)

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋeːtʊ//ˈsʋʲeːtʊ//ˈsʋʲɛːt/, /ˈsʋʲeːt/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʋeːtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʋʲeːtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʋʲɛːt/, /ˈsʋʲeːt/

  • Hyphenation: свѣ‧тъ

Noun

свѣтъ (světŭm (related adjective свѣтовьнꙑи)

  1. light
  2. world

Declension

Declension of свѣтъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative свѣтъ
světŭ
свѣта
světa
свѣти
světi
genitive свѣта
světa
свѣту
světu
свѣтъ
světŭ
dative свѣту
světu
свѣтома
světoma
свѣтомъ
světomŭ
accusative свѣтъ
světŭ
свѣта
světa
свѣтꙑ
světy
instrumental свѣтъмь
světŭmĭ
свѣтома
světoma
свѣтꙑ
světy
locative свѣтѣ
světě
свѣту
světu
свѣтѣхъ
světěxŭ
vocative свѣте
světe
свѣта
světa
свѣти
světi

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of light): тьма (tĭma, darkness)

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “свѣтъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 295

Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

свѣтъ (světm inan (genitive свѣ́та, nominative plural свѣ́ты, genitive plural свѣ́товъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of свет (svet).

Declension