светя

See also: света

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *světiti.

Verb

све́тя • (svétja) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective светна or светвам or светкам)

1. (intransitive) to lighten, to illuminate, to radiate (light)

   слънцето свети

   slǎnceto sveti

   the sun shines

2. (intransitive) to shine, to glow (reflect rays of extant light)

   Synonyms: блестя (blestja), лъщя (lǎštja), сияя (sijaja), искря (iskrja)

   очите ѝ светеха от пламъка на огнището

   očite ì sveteha ot plamǎka na ogništeto

   her eyes glowed from the fire in the hearth

Conjugation

    Conjugation of све́тя (conjugation 2.1, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	све́тещ svétešt	све́тил, свети́л1 svétil, svetíl1	све́тел svétel	—		све́тейки svétejki
	definite subject form	све́тещият svéteštijat	све́тилият, свети́лият1 svétilijat, svetílijat1	—	—
	definite object form	све́тещия svéteštija	све́тилия, свети́лия1 svétilija, svetílija1	—	—
feminine	indefinite	све́теща svétešta	све́тила, свети́ла1 svétila, svetíla1	све́тела svétela	—
	definite	све́тещата svéteštata	све́тилата, свети́лата1 svétilata, svetílata1	—	—
neuter	indefinite	све́тещо svétešto	све́тило, свети́ло1 svétilo, svetílo1	све́тело svételo	—	све́тене svétene
	definite	све́тещото svéteštoto	све́тилото, свети́лото1 svétiloto, svetíloto1	—	—	све́тенето svéteneto
plural	indefinite	све́тещи svétešti	све́тили, свети́ли1 svétili, svetíli1	све́тели svételi	—	све́тения, све́тенета svétenija, svéteneta
	definite	све́тещите svéteštite	све́тилите, свети́лите1 svétilite, svetílite1	—	—	све́тенията, све́тенетата svétenijata, svétenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		све́тя svétja	све́тиш svétiš	све́ти svéti	све́тим svétim	све́тите svétite	све́тят svétjat
imperfect		све́тех svéteh	све́теше svéteše	све́теше svéteše	све́техме svétehme	све́техте svétehte	све́теха svéteha
aorist		све́тих, свети́х1 svétih, svetíh1	све́ти, свети́1 svéti, svetí1	све́ти, свети́1 svéti, svetí1	све́тихме, свети́хме1 svétihme, svetíhme1	све́тихте, свети́хте1 svétihte, svetíhte1	све́тиха, свети́ха1 svétiha, svetíha1
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and све́тел m, све́тела f, све́тело n, or све́тели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and све́тел m, све́тела f, све́тело n, or све́тели pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and све́тел m, све́тела f, све́тело n, or све́тели pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and све́тил/свети́л1 m, све́тила/свети́ла1 f, све́тило/свети́ло1 n, or све́тили/свети́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			свети́ svetí			свете́те svetéte

¹Dialectally marked.

Alternative forms

• светя́ (svetjá) — dialectal

Derived terms

• светило (svetilo, “lightener (tool)”)

Related terms

• светъл (svetǎl, “bright”)
  • светлина (svetlina, “light”)
• светулка (svetulka, “firefly”)
• свещ (svešt, “candle”)
  • свещник (sveštnik, “candlestick”)
• свят (svjat, “world”)

Further reading

• свѣтити in Исторически речник на Българския език, publ. by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *svętiti.

Verb

светя́ • (svetjá) first-singular present indicative, pf

1. (transitive) to sanctify, to bless
2. (transitive, figurative) to kill

   ще ти светя маслото

   šte ti svetja masloto

   I will sanctify your [funeral] oil (figurative for "I will cause your funeral/I'll kill you!")

Conjugation

    Conjugation of светя́ (conjugation 2.1, perfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	—	свети́л svetíl	светя́л svetjál	свете́н svetén		—
	definite subject form	—	свети́лият svetílijat	—	свете́ният sveténijat
	definite object form	—	свети́лия svetílija	—	свете́ния sveténija
feminine	indefinite	—	свети́ла svetíla	светя́ла svetjála	свете́на sveténa
	definite	—	свети́лата svetílata	—	свете́ната sveténata
neuter	indefinite	—	свети́ло svetílo	светя́ло svetjálo	свете́но sveténo	—
	definite	—	свети́лото svetíloto	—	свете́ното sveténoto	—
plural	indefinite	—	свети́ли svetíli	свете́ли svetéli	свете́ни sveténi	—
	definite	—	свети́лите svetílite	—	свете́ните sveténite	—

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		светя́ svetjá	свети́ш svetíš	свети́ svetí	свети́м svetím	свети́те svetíte	светя́т svetját
imperfect		светя́х svetjáh	свете́ше svetéše	свете́ше svetéše	светя́хме svetjáhme	светя́хте svetjáhte	светя́ха svetjáha
aorist		свети́х svetíh	свети́ svetí	свети́ svetí	свети́хме svetíhme	свети́хте svetíhte	свети́ха svetíha
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and светя́л m, светя́ла f, светя́ло n, or свете́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and светя́л m, светя́ла f, светя́ло n, or свете́ли pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and светя́л m, светя́ла f, светя́ло n, or свете́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and свети́л m, свети́ла f, свети́ло n, or свети́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			свети́ svetí			свете́те svetéte

Related terms

• свят (svjat, “holy”)
• светиня (svetinja, “sacred artifact”)
• светилище (svetilište, “sanctuary”)
• свещен (svešten, “sacred”)
• светец (svetec, “saint”)
  • свещеник (sveštenik, “priest”)

Further reading

• свѧтити in Исторически речник на Българския език, publ. by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

References

• “светя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “светя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 544

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪˈtʲa]

Participle

светя́ • (svetjá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of свети́ть (svetítʹ)