свет

See also: свѧтъ

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲvʲet]
  • (file)

Noun

свет • (svjet) m inan (genitive све́ту, nominative plural све́ты, genitive plural све́таў)

  1. world

Declension

Derived terms

  • сусве́тны (susvjétny)

References

  • “свет” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svɛt]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Noun

свет • (svet) m (plural светови, relational adjective светски or световен)

  1. world
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

свет • (svet) (comparative посвет, superlative најсвет, abstract noun светост or светиња)

  1. sacred, holy
Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svʲet]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”).

Noun

свет • (svet) m inan (genitive све́та, uncountable, relational adjective светово́й, diminutive све́тик)

  1. light
    нео́новый свет ― neónovyj svet ― neon light
    мя́гкий свет ― mjáxkij svet ― soft light
    дневно́й свет ― dnevnój svet ― daylight
    со́лнечный свет ― sólnečnyj svet ― sunshine, sunlight
    я́ркий свет ― járkij svet ― bright light
    ту́склый свет ― túsklyj svet ― dim light
    пучо́к све́та ― pučók svéta ― beam of light
    ско́рость све́та ― skórostʹ svéta ― speed of light
    при све́те ― pri svéte ― by the light of
    туши́ть свет ― tušítʹ svet ― turn off the light
    туши́ свет, броса́й грана́ту!
    tuší svet, brosáj granátu!
    (said when something very unusual happens)
    (literally, “turn out the light and toss a grenade!”)
  2. day
  3. radiance
  4. (uncountable) lights, lighting
    Повсю́ду горе́л свет. ― Povsjúdu gorél svet. ― The lights were on everywhere.
  5. (uncountable, colloquial) power, electricity
    Опя́ть нет све́та! ― Opjátʹ net svéta! ― There’s no power again!
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”).

Noun

свет • (svet) m inan (genitive све́та, uncountable)

  1. world, earth, universe:
    Synonym: Вселе́нная (Vselénnaja)
    ча́сти све́та ― části svéta ― parts of the world
    вокру́г све́та ― vokrúg svéta ― round the world
    коне́ц све́та ― konéc svéta ― doomsday, the end of the world, Apocalypse
    весь свет, це́лый свет ― vesʹ svet, célyj svet ― the whole world
    я объе́здил це́лый свет, но тебя́ краси́вей нет (poetic)
    ja obʺjézdil célyj svet, no tebjá krasívej net
    I traveled all over the whole world but didn’t find a woman more beautiful than you
    (literally, “I traveled all over the whole world, but there isn't one more beautiful than you”)
    скита́ться по бе́лу све́ту (colloquial) ― skitátʹsja po bélu svétu ― to knock about the world
    ни за что на све́те! ― ni za što na svéte! ― not for the world!
    бо́льше всего́ на све́те ― bólʹše vsevó na svéte ― above all, above everything (literally, “bigger than everything in the world”)
    я люблю́ тебя́ бо́льше всего́ на све́те!
    ja ljubljú tebjá bólʹše vsevó na svéte!
    I love you more than anything in the world!
    свет кли́ном не сошёлся (saying) ― svet klínom ne sošólsja ― the world is large enough, there are other fish in the sea (literally, “the world didn't rest (on it)”)
    руга́ть на чём свет стои́т ― rugátʹ na čom svet stoít ― to swear like nothing on earth, curse like hell, curse a blue streak (literally, “to swear on what the world stands”)
    тот свет ― tot svet ― the next world (literally, “that world”)
    отпра́виться на тот свет
    otprávitʹsja na tot svet
    to go to the next world, to die
    появи́ться на свет ― pojavítʹsja na svet ― to be born, to come into the world (literally, “to show up to the world”)
    произвести́ на свет ― proizvestí na svet ― to give birth
    вы́пустить в свет ― výpustitʹ v svet ― to publish, to bring out (literally, “to release into the world”)
    уви́деть свет ― uvídetʹ svet ― to be born, to be published (literally, “to see the world”)
    бе́лый свет ― bélyj svet ― this world, the world (literally, “the white world”)
  2. society, people, aristocracy
    Synonyms: аристокра́тия (aristokrátija), знать (znatʹ)
    вы́сший свет (о́бщества) ― výsšij svet (óbščestva) ― upper crust, high society
Declension
Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋêːt/

Adjective

све̑т (definite све̑тӣ, comparative светији, Latin spelling svȇt)

  1. holy, saint
  2. sanctified
  3. godly
  4. saintly
  5. inviolable
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋêːt/

Noun

све̑т m (Latin spelling svȇt)

  1. world
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • “свет” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “свет” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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