светъл

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *světьlъ.

Adjective

1. bright, light, fair (color tone)

   Synonyms: брязък (brjazǎk), плав (plav)

2. luminary, glimmering

   Synonym: лачен (lačen)

Alternative forms

• светол (svetol) (dialectal)

Related terms

• светя (svetja, “to illuminate, to light up”)
• свещ (svešt, “candle”)
• светило (svetilo, “luminary object”)
• светлина (svetlina), осветление (osvetlenie, “light”)
• светулка (svetulka, “firefly”), dial. светка (svetka)
• свят (svjat, “world”)
• цвят (cvjat, “color, flower”)
• цветен (cveten, “colorful”)

References

• “светъл”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 543