svetitelj

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 16 December 2015

Etymology

From svȇt +‎ -telj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋětiteʎ/
  • Hyphenation: sve‧ti‧telj

Noun

svètitelj m anim (Cyrillic spelling свѐтитељ)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) a saint, especially an ascetic or monk who nurtures the ideal of education and dissemination of knowledge
    Synonym: svétac
    • c. 1858, anonymous author, Hymn to Saint Sava:
      Uskliknimo s ljubavlju / Svetitelju Savi.
      Let us cry out with love / To Saint Sava.

Declension

Declension of svetitelj
singular plural
nominative svetitelj svetitelji
genitive svetitelja svetitelja
dative svetitelju svetiteljima
accusative svetitelja svetitelje
vocative svetitelju svetitelji
locative svetitelju svetiteljima
instrumental svetiteljem svetiteljima

References

  • “svetitelj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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