свят

See also: сват

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• свѣтъ (svět) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲa̟t]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas

Proto-Slavic *světъ

Bulgarian свят

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Noun

свят • (svjat) m (relational adjective свето́вен)

1. world, earth, universe
   • 2000, „Сленг“, “Мой свят [My world]”‎^[1]:

     Мой свят – о́гън във вода́та,
     мой свят – пя́сък във ръка́та.
     Ти..., аз..., ня́мам ве́че и́стини!
     И́мам са́мо си́ли самота́та си да стопя́.

     Moj svjat – ógăn văv vodáta,
     moj svjat – pjásăk văv răkáta.
     Ti..., az..., njámam véče ístini!
     Ímam sámo síli samotáta si da stopjá.

     My world - fire in the water.
     My world - sand in the hand.

Declension

Declension of свят

	singular	plural
indefinite	свят svjat	светове́ svetové
definite (subject form)	светъ́т svetắt	светове́те svetovéte
definite (object form)	света́ svetá
count form	—	свя́та svjáta

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Old Church Slavonic свѧтъ (svętŭ)bor.

Russian свято́й (svjatój)bor.

Bulgarian свят

Borrowed from Russian свято́й (svjatój).

Adjective

свят • (svjat) (adverb свя́то)

1. holy, sacred, saint

Declension

Positive forms of свят

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	свят svjat	свя́та svjáta	свя́то svjáto	свя́ти svjáti
definite (subject form)	свя́тият svjátijat	свя́тата svjátata	свя́тото svjátoto	свя́тите svjátite
definite (object form)	свя́тия svjátija

Comparative forms of свят

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	по́-свя́т pó-svját	по́-свя́та pó-svjáta	по́-свя́то pó-svjáto	по́-свя́ти pó-svjáti
definite (subject form)	по́-свя́тият pó-svjátijat	по́-свя́тата pó-svjátata	по́-свя́тото pó-svjátoto	по́-свя́тите pó-svjátite
definite (object form)	по́-свя́тия pó-svjátija

Superlative forms of свят

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
indefinite	на́й-свя́т náj-svját	на́й-свя́та náj-svjáta	на́й-свя́то náj-svjáto	на́й-свя́ти náj-svjáti
definite (subject form)	на́й-свя́тият náj-svjátijat	на́й-свя́тата náj-svjátata	на́й-свя́тото náj-svjátoto	на́й-свя́тите náj-svjátite
definite (object form)	на́й-свя́тия náj-svjátija

References

• “свят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “свят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲat]

Adjective

свят • (svjat)

1. short masculine singular of свято́й (svjatój)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲʋʲat]

Noun

свят • (svjat) n inan

1. genitive plural of свя́то (svjáto)