svit

See also: sviť, світ, and свит

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• svȇt (Ekavian)
• svijȇt (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Noun

svit m (Cyrillic spelling свит)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) world
   • 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):

     I tko bude još prositi,
     milost m' hotij v svem stvoriti:
     kad od svita duh mu pojde,
     čin' duh tvoj k njemu da dojde.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Mnjaše da ni robom, ni moćju od ljudi,
     ni plemenitim rodo(m) na svit mu para ni;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:

     Svi su ovi po svitu hodili
     i svakuda zemlju uhodili

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sviːt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

svit c

1. suite; a kind of room
2. succession, sequence, series; a number of things that follow on one after the other
3. complication, after-effect

Declension

Declension of svit
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svit	sviten	sviter	sviterna
Genitive	svits	svitens	sviters	sviternas

Anagrams

• vist, vits