светило

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svʲɪˈtʲiɫə]

Etymology 1

свети́ть (svetítʹ) +‎ -ло (-lo)

Noun

свети́ло • (svetílo) n inan (genitive свети́ла, nominative plural свети́ла, genitive plural свети́л)

  1. heavenly body, celestial body, lamp
    дневно́е свети́ло ― dnevnóje svetílo ― the star of day
    ночны́е свети́ла ― nočnýje svetíla ― the moon and the stars; the lamps of night
  2. luminary, notability
    свети́ло нау́ки ― svetílo naúki ― a luminary [leading light] in science
Declension
Declension of свети́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative свети́ло
svetílo 		свети́ла
svetíla
genitive свети́ла
svetíla 		свети́л
svetíl
dative свети́лу
svetílu 		свети́лам
svetílam
accusative свети́ло
svetílo 		свети́ла
svetíla
instrumental свети́лом
svetílom 		свети́лами
svetílami
prepositional свети́ле
svetíle 		свети́лах
svetílax

Etymology 2

Verb

свети́ло • (svetílo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of свети́ть (svetítʹ)
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