Old Church Slavonic

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свѣтъ

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Cognate with Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, white, bright), श्वित्र (śvitrá, white), Old English hwīt (whence English white).

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свѣтъ (světŭm

  1. light
    • John 3:20, from Codex Marianus, 4032000:
      вьсѣкъ бо дѣлаѩи зъла · ненавидитъ свѣта ·
      vĭsěkŭ bo dělajęi zŭla · nenaviditŭ světa ·
      For every one that doeth evil hateth the light.
    • 2 Коринт. 4:6-15 from Син. евх.:
      б҃ъ рекъі и҅с тъмъі свѣтоу въсиꙗ҅ти· ꙇ҅же въсиꙗ҅ въ ср҃цихъ вашихъ·
      b:ŭ rekŭi i҅s tŭmŭi světu vŭsija҅ti· i҅že vŭsija҅ vŭ sr:cixŭ vašixŭ·
      For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts.
  2. world
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2436-2437:
      иже оубо изволитъ дроугъ свѣтоу семоу бꙑти врагъ божии бꙑваѥтъ
      iže ubo izvolitŭ drugŭ světu semu byti vragŭ božii byvajetŭ
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • Bulgarian: свят (svjat)

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Pronunciation

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  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʋeːtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʋʲeːtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈsʋʲɛːt/, /ˈsʋʲeːt/
  • Hyphenation: свѣ‧тъ

Noun

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свѣтъ (světŭm (related adjective свѣтовьнꙑи)

  1. light
  2. world

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  • (antonym(s) of light): тьма (tĭma, darkness)

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “свѣтъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 295

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свѣтъ (světm inan (genitive свѣ́та, nominative plural свѣ́ты, genitive plural свѣ́товъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of свет (svet).

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