swiat

See also: świat, świąt, and Świat

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas

Proto-Slavic *svě̑tъ

Kashubian swiat

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svě̑tъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfjat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: swiat

Noun

swiat m inan (diminutive swiatk, related adjective swiatowi)

1. (chiefly astronomy) world (planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable)
2. world (The Earth)

   Synonym: Zemia

3. world (existence, the human expierence)

Declension

Declension of swiat

	singular	plural
nominative	swiat	swiatë
genitive	swiata	swiatów
dative	swiatu	swiatóm
accusative	swiat	swiatë
instrumental	swiatã	swiatama
locative	swiece	swiatach
vocative	swiece	swiatë

Related terms

nouns

• swiatowòsc
• swiatówc

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “svjat”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 206
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “świat”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “swiat”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022