свей
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from све́ять (svéjatʹ)
Noun edit
свей • (svej) m inan (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣи pl (svěi), from Old Swedish swēar and Old Norse svíar. Doublet of швед (šved).
Noun edit
свей • (svej) m anim (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев, relational adjective све́йский)
- (historical) Swede (a member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited what is now central Sweden)
- (archaic) Swede (a person from Sweden)
- Synonym: швед (šved)
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
свей • (svej)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of свить (svitʹ)