svit

See also: sviť, світ, and свит

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɪt]

Noun

svit m inan

1. light, shine

   Synonym: světlo

   Uvidíme se pod půlměsíčním svitem. ― We'll see each other under the half-moon light.

Declension

Declension of svit (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	svit	svity
genitive	svitu	svitů
dative	svitu	svitům
accusative	svit	svity
vocative	svite	svity
locative	svitu	svitech
instrumental	svitem	svity

Derived terms

• měsíční svit m
• polosvit m
• přísvit m
• sluneční svit m

See also

• upravit
• modifikovat

Further reading

• “svit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “svit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “svit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	svit	svits
	definite	sviten	svitens
plural	indefinite	sviter	sviters
	definite	sviterna	sviternas

Anagrams

• vist, vits