# свет
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* сьвет (sʹvjet) — Taraškievica orthography
* świet, śviet — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲvʲet]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

свет • (svjet) m inan (genitive све́ту, nominative plural све́ты, genitive plural све́таў)
* world

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* сусве́тны (susvjétny)

### References

* “свет” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [svɛt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

#### Noun

свет • (svet) m (plural светови, relational adjective светски or световен)
* world

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svętъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwentos, from the root *ḱwen-.

#### Adjective

свет • (svet) (comparative посвет, superlative најсвет, abstract noun светост or светиња)
* sacred, holy

##### Declension
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* свѣтъ (svět) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
* хвет (xvet) — Pskov

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [svʲet]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”).

#### Noun

свет • (svet) m inan (genitive све́та, uncountable, relational adjective светово́й, diminutive све́тик)
* light
    нео́новый свет ― neónovyj svet ― neon light
    мя́гкий свет ― mjáxkij svet ― soft light
    дневно́й свет ― dnevnój svet ― daylight
    со́лнечный свет ― sólnečnyj svet ― sunshine, sunlight
    я́ркий свет ― járkij svet ― bright light
    ту́склый свет ― túsklyj svet ― dim light
    пучо́к све́та ― pučók svéta ― beam of light
    ско́рость све́та ― skórostʹ svéta ― speed of light
    при све́те ― pri svéte ― by the light of
    туши́ть свет ― tušítʹ svet ― turn off the light
    туши́ свет, броса́й грана́ту!tuší svet, brosáj granátu!(said when something very unusual happens)(literally, “turn out the light and toss a grenade!”)
* day
* radiance
* (uncountable) lights, lighting
    Повсю́ду горе́л свет. ― Povsjúdu gorél svet. ― The lights were on everywhere.
* (uncountable, colloquial) power, electricity
    Опя́ть нет све́та! ― Opjátʹ net svéta! ― There’s no power again!

##### Antonyms

* темнота́ f (temnotá)
* тьма (tʹma)
* мрак (mrak)
* тень (tenʹ)

##### Derived terms

* Светла́на (Svetlána)
* друммо́ндов свет m (drummóndov svet)

##### Related terms

* свети́ло (svetílo)
* свети́ть (svetítʹ)
* све́тлый (svétlyj)
* светово́й (svetovój)
* светофо́р (svetofór)
* све́точ (svétoč)
* свеча́ (svečá)
* свети́льник n (svetílʹnik)
* светоизлуча́ющий (svetoizlučájuščij)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”).

#### Noun

свет • (svet) m inan (genitive све́та, uncountable)
* world, earth, universe:
    Synonym: Вселе́нная (Vselénnaja)
    ча́сти све́та ― části svéta ― parts of the world
    вокру́г све́та ― vokrúg svéta ― round the world
    коне́ц све́та ― konéc svéta ― doomsday, the end of the world, Apocalypse
    весь свет, це́лый свет ― vesʹ svet, célyj svet ― the whole world
    я объе́здил це́лый свет, но тебя́ краси́вей нет (poetic)ja obʺjézdil célyj svet, no tebjá krasívej netI traveled all over the whole world but didn’t find a woman more beautiful than you(literally, “I traveled all over the whole world, but there isn't one more beautiful than you”)
    скита́ться по бе́лу све́ту (colloquial) ― skitátʹsja po bélu svétu ― to knock about the world
    ни за что на све́те! ― ni za što na svéte! ― not for the world!
    бо́льше всего́ на све́те ― bólʹše vsevó na svéte ― above all, above everything (literally, “bigger than everything in the world”)
    я люблю́ тебя́ бо́льше всего́ на све́те!ja ljubljú tebjá bólʹše vsevó na svéte!I love you more than anything in the world!
    свет кли́ном не сошёлся (saying) ― svet klínom ne sošólsja ― the world is large enough, there are other fish in the sea (literally, “the world didn't rest (on it)”)
    руга́ть на чём свет стои́т ― rugátʹ na čom svet stoít ― to swear like nothing on earth, curse like hell, curse a blue streak (literally, “to swear on what the world stands”)
    тот свет ― tot svet ― the next world (literally, “that world”)
    отпра́виться на тот светotprávitʹsja na tot svetto go to the next world, to die
    появи́ться на свет ― pojavítʹsja na svet ― to be born, to come into the world (literally, “to show up to the world”)
    произвести́ на свет ― proizvestí na svet ― to give birth
    вы́пустить в свет ― výpustitʹ v svet ― to publish, to bring out (literally, “to release into the world”)
    уви́деть свет ― uvídetʹ svet ― to be born, to be published (literally, “to see the world”)
    бе́лый свет ― bélyj svet ― this world, the world (literally, “the white world”)
** 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Несчастье; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Misfortune, 1917:Мно́го на э́том све́те взгля́дов, и до́брая полови́на их принадлежи́т лю́дям, не быва́вшим в беде́!Mnógo na étom svéte vzgljádov, i dóbraja polovína ix prinadležít ljúdjam, ne byvávšim v bedé!There are a great many opinions in the world, and a good half of them are held by people who have never been in trouble!
* society, people, aristocracy
    Synonyms: аристокра́тия (aristokrátija), знать (znatʹ)
    вы́сший свет (о́бщества) ― výsšij svet (óbščestva) ― upper crust, high society

##### Synonyms

* (world): мир (mir), Земля́ (Zemljá) and земля́ (zemljá)

##### Related terms

* кругосве́тный (krugosvétnyj), све́тский (svétskij)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svętъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwentas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwentos, from the root *ḱwen-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʋêːt/

#### Adjective

све̑т (Latin spelling svȇt, definite све̑тӣ, comparative светији)
* holy, saint
* sanctified
* godly
* saintly
* inviolable

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light; world”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-.

#### Alternative forms

* свије̑т (Ijekavian)
* svit (Ikavian)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʋêːt/

#### Noun

све̑т m (Latin spelling svȇt)
* world

##### Derived terms

* свѐто̄внӣ
* свето́вно̄ст
* свето̀вња̄к
* свето̀вња̄чкӣ
* световња́штво
* свѐтскӣ
* све̏тско̄ст

### References

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