светия

Bulgarian

Etymology

An old ī-stem agent noun from Proto-Slavic *svęti. Extended at a later time with the suffix -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svɛˈtijɐ]
• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

свети́я • (svetíja) m

1. (archaic) saint

   Synonym: свете́ц (svetéc)

   Вси свети́и ― Vsi svetíi ― Halloween (literally, “All Saints day”)

Declension

Declension of свети́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	свети́я svetíja	свети́и svetíi
definite	свети́ята svetíjata	свети́ите svetíite

Related terms

• свете́ц (svetéc, “siant”)
• свети́ня (svetínja, “sacred object”)
• свя́тба (svjátba, “sanctification”)

References

• “светия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “светия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010