святий

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svętъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲʋʲɐˈtɪi̯]

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Adjective

святи́й • (svjatýj) (abstract noun свя́тість)

1. holy, sacred.

   Synonym: свяще́нний (svjaščénnyj)

Declension

Declension of святи́й (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		святи́й svjatýj	святе́, святе́є1 svjaté, svjatéje1	свята́, свята́я1 svjatá, svjatája1	святі́, святі́ї1 svjatí, svjatíji1
genitive		свято́го svjatóho		свято́ї svjatóji	святи́х svjatýx
dative		свято́му svjatómu		святі́й svjatíj	святи́м svjatým
accusative	animate	свято́го svjatóho	святе́, святе́є1 svjaté, svjatéje1	святу́, святу́ю1 svjatú, svjatúju1	святи́х svjatýx
	inanimate	святи́й svjatýj			святі́, святі́ї1 svjatí, svjatíji1
instrumental		святи́м svjatým		свято́ю svjatóju	святи́ми svjatýmy
locative		свято́му, святі́м svjatómu, svjatím		святі́й svjatíj	святи́х svjatýx

¹Dated or dialectal.

Noun

святи́й • (svjatýj) m pers (genitive свято́го, nominative plural святі́, genitive plural святи́х, feminine свята́)

1. (religion, Christianity) a saint.
   • Свята́ О́льга

     Svjatá Ólʹha

     Saint Olga

Declension

Declension of святи́й (pers adj masc accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	святи́й svjatýj	святі́ svjatí
genitive	свято́го svjatóho	святи́х svjatýx
dative	свято́му svjatómu	святи́м svjatým
accusative	свято́го svjatóho	святи́х svjatýx
instrumental	святи́м svjatým	святи́ми svjatýmy
locative	свято́му, святі́м svjatómu, svjatím	святи́х svjatýx
vocative	святи́й svjatýj	святі́ svjatí

Related terms

• святість (svjatistʹ, “sacredness”)
• свя́то (svjáto, “a holiday, a saint's day”)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “святий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “святий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “святий”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)