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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”).
Adjective
*svę̑tъ[1][2][3]
- holy, sacred
Declension
Indefinite declension of *svętъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*svętъ
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*svęta
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*svęto
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| genitive
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*svęta
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*svęty
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*svęta
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| dative
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*svętu
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*svętě
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*svętu
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| accusative
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*svętъ
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*svętǫ
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*svęto
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| instrumental
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*svętomь
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*svętojǫ
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*svętomь
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| locative
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*svętě
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*svętě
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*svętě
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| vocative
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*svęte
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*svęto
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*svęto
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*svęta
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*svętě
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*svętě
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| genitive
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*svętu
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*svętu
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*svętu
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| dative
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*svętoma
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*svętama
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*svętoma
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| accusative
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*svęta
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*svętě
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*svętě
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| instrumental
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*svętoma
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*svętama
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*svętoma
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| locative
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*svętu
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*svętu
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*svętu
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| vocative
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*svęta
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*svętě
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*svętě
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*svęti
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*svęty
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*svęta
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| genitive
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*svętъ
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*svętъ
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*svętъ
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| dative
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*svętomъ
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*svętamъ
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*svętomъ
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| accusative
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*svęty
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*svęty
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*svęta
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| instrumental
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*svęty
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*svętami
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*svęty
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| locative
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*svętěxъ
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*svętaxъ
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*svętěxъ
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| vocative
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*svęti
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*svęty
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*svęta
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Definite declension of *svętъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*svętъjь
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*svętaja
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*svętoje
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| genitive
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*svętajego
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*svętyję̇
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*svętajego
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| dative
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*svętujemu
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*svętěji
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*svętujemu
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| accusative
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*svętъjь
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*svętǫjǫ
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*svętoje
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| instrumental
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*svętyjimь
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*svętǫjǫ
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*svętyjimь
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| locative
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*svętějemь
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*svętěji
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*svętějemь
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| vocative
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*svętъjь
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*svętaja
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*svętoje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*svętaja
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*svętěji
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*svętěji
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| genitive
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*svętuju
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*svętuju
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*svętuju
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| dative
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*svętyjima
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*svętyjima
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*svętyjima
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| accusative
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*svętaja
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*svętěji
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*svętěji
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| instrumental
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*svętyjima
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*svętyjima
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*svętyjima
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| locative
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*svętuju
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*svętuju
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*svętuju
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| vocative
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*svętaja
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*svętěji
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*svętěji
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*svętiji
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*svętyję̇
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*svętaja
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| genitive
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*svętъjixъ
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*svętъjixъ
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*svętъjixъ
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| dative
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*svętyjimъ
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*svętyjimъ
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*svętyjimъ
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| accusative
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*svętyję̇
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*svętyję̇
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*svętaja
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| instrumental
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*svętyjimi
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*svętyjimi
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*svętyjimi
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| locative
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*svętyjixъ
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*svętyjixъ
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*svętyjixъ
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| vocative
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*svętiji
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*svętyję̇
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*svętaja
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Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свѧтъ (svętŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: свѧтый (svjatyj), свєтый (svjetyj)
- Russian: свято́й (svjatój)
- → Latvian: svēts
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: свѧтъ (svętŭ)
- Glagolitic script: ⱄⰲⱔⱅⱏ (svętŭ)
- Bulgarian: свят (svjat)
- Macedonian: свет (svet)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: све̑т
- Latin script: svȇt
- Slovene: svẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: swiãti
- Old Czech: svatý
- Polabian: sjǫtĕ
- Old Polish: święty
- Slovak: svätý
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: swjaty
- Lower Sorbian: swěty
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: sfânt
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свято́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svętъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476: “adj. o ‘holy, sacred’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “svętъ svęta svęto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c holy (SA 109; PR 138)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “svẹ̑t”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*svę̑tъ”