See also: svets

Latvian edit

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Etymology edit

Cognate with Lithuanian šventas (holy), Old Prussian swints (holy), Proto-Slavic *svętъ (holy). From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas (holy), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (holy).

Adjective edit

svēts (definite svētais, comparative svētāks, superlative vissvētākais, adverb svēti)

  1. holy, sacred

Declension edit

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