Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světьlo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology 1

Nominalization of *svě̑tьlo n (“luminous, glowing, shining”, adjective).

Noun

*světьlo n

1. light (illumination)
2. light (source of the illumination)

Declension

Declension of *světьlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*světьlo	*světьlě	*světьla
genitive	*světьla	*světьlu	*světьlъ
dative	*světьlu	*světьloma	*světьlomъ
accusative	*světьlo	*světьlě	*světьla
instrumental	*světьlъmь, *světьlomь*	*světьloma	*světьly
locative	*světьlě	*světьlu	*světьlěxъ
vocative	*světьlo	*světьlě	*světьla

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свѣтьло (světĭlo, adverb)
    • Old Ruthenian: свѣтло (světlo), свѣтьло (světʹlo)
      • Belarusian: святло́ (svjatló); све́тла (svjétla) (dialectal)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: сві́тло (svítlo); сьвітл'о (sʹvitlʺo), шветло (švetlo) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: сві́тло (svítlo)
    • Russian: светло́ (svetló, adverb)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свѣтьло (světĭlo, adverb)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⱐⰾⱁ (světĭlo, adverb)

    • Macedonian: светло (svetlo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: све̏тло, свје̏тло

    Latin script: svȅtlo, svjȅtlo

  • Slovene: svetlo
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: světlo
    • Czech: světlo
  • Old Polish: światło
    • Polish: światło
    • Silesian: światło
  • Slovak: svetlo
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: swiatło
    • Slovincian: swjatlô
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: swětło
    • Upper Sorbian: swětło

Further reading

• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “святло́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 42

Etymology 2

Adjective

*svě̑tьlo

1. inflection of *svě̑tьlъ:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. feminine accusative/accusative singular