свьтѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svьtěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *świtḗˀtei.

Verb

свьтѣти • (svĭtěti) impf

1. (reflexive) to shine, to lighten
   • “ⱄⰲⱐⱅⰻⱅⱏ ⱄⱔ (leaf 225.5, line 1)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Jn:1:5:

     ꙇ҅ свѣтъ въ тъмѣ свьтитъ сѧ · ꙇ҅ тъма его не обьѩтъ ·

     i҅ světŭ vŭ tŭmě svĭtitŭ sę · i҅ tŭma ego ne obĭjętŭ ·

     And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

Conjugation

present tense of свьтѣти (svĭtěti) 👤 singular 👥 dual 👤👥👥 plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) свьщѫ (svĭštǫ) свьтиши (svĭtiši) свьтитъ (svĭtitŭ) свьтивѣ (svĭtivě) свьтита (svĭtita) свьтите (svĭtite) свьтимъ (svĭtimŭ) свьтите (svĭtite) свьщѫтъ (svĭštǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• просвьтѣти (prosvĭtěti)

Related terms

• свѣтъ (světŭ)
• свѣтити (světiti)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[2], София
• свьтѣти (сѧ) in Исторически речник на Българския език

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 595
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “свьтѣти”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎^[3], volume 4, Prague: Euroslavica, page 32