свѣтъ

From Proto-Slavic *světъ.

Cognate with Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”), श्वित्र (śvitrá, “white”), Old English hwīt (whence English white).

свѣтъ • (světŭ) m

1. light
   • John 3:20, from Codex Marianus, 4032000:

     вьсѣкъ бо дѣлаѩи зъла · ненавидитъ свѣта ·

     vĭsěkŭ bo dělajęi zŭla · nenaviditŭ světa ·

     For every one that doeth evil hateth the light.

   • 2 Коринт. 4:6-15 from Син. евх.:

     б҃ъ рекъі и҅с тъмъі свѣтоу въсиꙗ҅ти· ꙇ҅же въсиꙗ҅ въ ср҃цихъ вашихъ·

     For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts.

2. world
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2436-2437:

     иже оубо изволитъ дроугъ свѣтоу семоу бꙑти врагъ божии бꙑваѥтъ

     iže ubo izvolitŭ drugŭ světu semu byti vragŭ božij byvajetŭ

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• тьма (tĭma)

• свьтѣти (svĭtěti)
• цвѣтъ (cvětŭ)

From Proto-Slavic *světъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ) and Old Polish świat.

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʋeːtʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʋʲeːtʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈsʋʲɛːt/, /ˈsʋʲeːt/
• Hyphenation: свѣ‧тъ

свѣтъ (světŭ) m (related adjective свѣтовьнꙑи)

1. light
2. world

• (light): тьма (tĭma, “darkness”)

• Old Ruthenian: свѣтъ (svět)
  • Belarusian: свет (svjet)
  • Rusyn: світ (svit)
  • Ukrainian: світ (svit)
• Russian: свет (svet)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “свѣтъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 295

• IPA^(key): [svʲet]

свѣтъ • (svět) m inan (genitive свѣ́та, nominative plural свѣ́ты, genitive plural свѣ́товъ)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of свет (svet).