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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *světъ (“world”) + *-iti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Cognate with Lithuanian švaitýti (according to Snoj: both are of secondary origin).

Verb

*světìti impf (perfective *světnǫti) [1][2]

  1. to illuminate, to shine

Inflection
Conjugation of *světiti (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*svěťenьje *světiti *světitъ *světilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *svěťenъ *světimъ
Active *svěťь *světę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *světixъ*světi*světi *svěťǫ*světiši*světitь
Dual *světixově*světista*světiste *světivě*světita*světite
Plural *světixomъ*světiste*světišę *světimъ*světite*světętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *svěťaaxъ*svěťaaše*svěťaaše —*světi*světi
Dual *svěťaaxově*svěťaašeta*svěťaašete *světivě*světita—
Plural *svěťaaxomъ*svěťaašete*svěťaaxǫ *světimъ*světite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*světivъ is later doublet of past active participle
  • *svьtěti (“to lighten”)
  • *svьnǫti (“to get bright, to dawn”)
  • *svitati (“to dawn”)
  • *svěťa (“candle”)
  • *světьlъ (“bright”)
    • *světьlina (“light, glow”)
  • *svidъ (“dogwood”) (possibly)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: свѣтити (světiti)
      • Belarusian: свеці́ць (svjecícʹ)
      • Russian: свети́ть (svetítʹ)
      • Ukrainian: світи́ти (svitýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: свѣтити (světiti)
      Glagolitic: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⰹⱅⰹ (světiti)
    • Bulgarian: свѐтя (svѐtja), dial. светя̀ (svetjà)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: светкам (svetkam), светвам (svetvam)
    • Macedonian: свети (sveti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: свије́тити, све́тити
      Latin: svijétiti, svétiti
    • Slovene: svetīti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: svítit
    • Polish: świecić
    • Slovak: svietiť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: swěćyć
      • Lower Sorbian: swěśyś

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “свет”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (2002), “светя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 544

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “svetīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*světi̋ti”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “světiti: světjǫ světitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 257; PR 137)”
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