свита

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

According to BER, inherited from Proto-Slavic *svita. Possibly related to Old Church Slavonic свитати (svitati, “to illuminate”) (whence dialectal Bulgarian сви́тка (svítka, “sparkle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvitɐ]

Noun

сви́та • (svíta) f (diminutive сви́тица)

1. (obsolete) thin woolen fabric, tunic

   Antonym: ша́як (šájak, “thick woolen fabric”)

Declension

Declension of сви́та

	singular
indefinite	сви́та svíta
definite	сви́тата svítata

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сви́та”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 135
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свита¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 558

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian свита (svita), ultimately from French suite. Formally, a doublet of сюи́та (sjuíta) (direct French borrowing, meaning “musical suite”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvitɐ]

Noun

сви́та • (svíta) f

1. entourage, cortege, retinue

Declension

Declension of сви́та

	singular	plural
indefinite	сви́та svíta	сви́ти svíti
definite	сви́тата svítata	сви́тите svítite

References

• “свита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “свита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свита³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 558

Etymology 3

See titular lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvitɐ]

Noun

сви́та • (svíta) n

1. indefinite plural of сви́то (svíto): rolling papers, wrappings

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “свита²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 559

Macedonian

Etymology

Ultimately from French suite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvita]

Noun

свита • (svita) f (uncountable)

1. suite, entourage

Declension

Declension of свита

	singular
indefinite	свита
definite unspecified	свитата
definite proximal	свитава
definite distal	свитана
vocative	свито

Related terms

• придружба (pridružba)

Russian

Etymology

Via Polish świta or German Suite from French suite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvʲitə]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

сви́та • (svíta) f inan (genitive сви́ты, nominative plural сви́ты, genitive plural свит)

1. suite, escort, retinue, entourage
2. (geology) suite

Declension

Declension of сви́та (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сви́та svíta	сви́ты svíty
genitive	сви́ты svíty	сви́т svít
dative	сви́те svíte	сви́там svítam
accusative	сви́ту svítu	сви́ты svíty
instrumental	сви́той, сви́тою svítoj, svítoju	сви́тами svítami
prepositional	сви́те svíte	сви́тах svítax

References

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