светлы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• сьве́тлы (sʹvjétly) — Taraškievica orthography
• śvietły, świetły — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
• svietly — 2000-2023 Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *světьlъ. By surface analysis, свет (svjet) +‎ -лы (-ly). Cognate with Russian све́тлый (svétlyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲvʲetɫɨ]

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Adjective

све́тлы • (svjétly)

1. light, bright

Declension

Declension of све́тлы (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		све́тлы svjétly	све́тлае svjétlaje	све́тлая svjétlaja	све́тлыя svjétlyja
genitive		све́тлага svjétlaha		све́тлай svjétlaj	све́тлых svjétlyx
dative		све́тламу svjétlamu		све́тлай svjétlaj	све́тлым svjétlym
accusative	animate	све́тлага svjétlaha	све́тлае svjétlaje	све́тлую svjétluju	све́тлых svjétlyx
	inanimate	све́тлы svjétly			све́тлыя svjétlyja
instrumental		све́тлым svjétlym		све́тлай, све́тлаю svjétlaj, svjétlaju	све́тлымі svjétlymi
locative		све́тлым svjétlym		све́тлай svjétlaj	све́тлых svjétlyx

References

• “светлы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “светлы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪtˈɫɨ]

Adjective

светлы́ • (svetlý)

1. short plural of све́тлый (svétlyj)