Old East Slavic edit

 

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *světъ (light).

Noun edit

свѣтꙑчь (světyčĭm

  1. torch (stick with flame at one end)
    • Аѳан. Никит. 335:
      А ѣздять на конехъ да въ доспѣсехъ, да у всѣхъ по свѣтычю.

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: све́тач (svjétač)
  • Russian: све́точ (svétoč)
  • Ukrainian: сві́точ (svítoč)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “свѣтꙑчь”, 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), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 297