Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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First attested in the late 18th century. Borrowed from Polish obsolete and dialectal szwytki (agile, quick, dashing), from Middle Low German swît, from Old Saxon swīth, from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéntos.[1]

Adjective

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швыдкїй (švydkij)

  1. (dialectal) fast, quick
    Synonyms: быстрый (bystryj), жвавый (žvavyj), прудкїй (prudkij)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “швидкий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 398

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