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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/světiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. Morphologically from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“world”) + *-iti. Cognate with Lithuanian švaitýti (according to Snoj: both are of secondary origin).
Verb
*světìti impf (perfective *světnǫti)[1][2]
- to illuminate, to shine
Inflection
Conjugation of *světiti, *světi, *světitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― 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 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *svěťaaxъ | *svěťaaše | *svěťaaše | — | *světi | *světi |
| Dual | *svěťaaxově | *svěťaašeta | *svěťaašete | *světivě | *světita | — |
| Plural | *svěťaaxomъ | *svěťaašete | *svěťaaxǫ | *světimъ | *světite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*světivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *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)
- Old East Slavic: свѣтити (světiti)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: свѣтити (světiti)
- Glagolitic: ⱄⰲⱑⱅⰹⱅⰹ (světiti)
- Bulgarian: све́тя (svétja), dial. светя́ (svetjá)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: светкам (svetkam), светвам (svetvam)
- Macedonian: свети (sveti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: свије́тити, све́тити
- Latin: svijétiti, svétiti
- Slovene: svetīti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: svítit
- Polish: świecić
- Slovak: svietiť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: swěćyć
- Lower Sorbian: swěśyś
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “свет”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “светя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 544
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “svetīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*světi̋ti”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “světiti: světjǫ světitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 257; PR 137)”