светить

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světìti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svʲɪˈtʲitʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: святи́ть (svjatítʹ)

Verb

свети́ть • (svetítʹ) impf (perfective посвети́ть or засвети́ть or освети́ть)

  1. to shine
  2. to give someone light
  3. (colloquial) to have a chance
    ей све́тит повыше́ние
    jej svétit povyšénije
    she has good chances for promotion
    ему́ здесь ничего́ не све́тит
    jemú zdesʹ ničevó ne svétit
    he's got no chance here
  4. (colloquial) to look at, to face (to be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect)
    ему́ све́тит срок
    jemú svétit srok
    He's looking at jail time

Conjugation

Conjugation of свети́ть (class 4c imperfective intransitive)
Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive свети́ть
svetítʹ
participles present tense past tense
active светя́щий
svetjáščij		 свети́вший
svetívšij
passive — —
adverbial светя́
svetjá		 свети́в
svetív,
свети́вши
svetívši
present tense future tense
1st singular (я) свечу́
svečú		 бу́ду свети́ть
búdu svetítʹ
2nd singular (ты) све́тишь
svétišʹ		 бу́дешь свети́ть
búdešʹ svetítʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) све́тит
svétit		 бу́дет свети́ть
búdet svetítʹ
1st plural (мы) све́тим
svétim		 бу́дем свети́ть
búdem svetítʹ
2nd plural (вы) све́тите
svétite		 бу́дете свети́ть
búdete svetítʹ
3rd plural (они́) све́тят
svétjat		 бу́дут свети́ть
búdut svetítʹ
imperative singular plural
свети́
svetí		 свети́те
svetíte
past tense singular plural
(мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он) свети́л
svetíl		 свети́ли
svetíli
feminine (я/ты/она́) свети́ла
svetíla
neuter (оно́) свети́ло
svetílo

Derived terms

verbs
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