svit

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• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɪt]

svit m inan

1. light, shine

   Synonym: světlo

   Uvidíme se pod půlměsíčním svitem. ― We'll see each other under the half-moon light.

• upravit
• modifikovat

• “svit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “svit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “svit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• svȇt (Ekavian)
• svijȇt (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světъ.

svit m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling свит)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) world
   • 1375, N.N., Muka svete Margarite (transcribed from Glagolitic original):

     I tko bude još prositi,
     milost m' hotij v svem stvoriti:
     kad od svita duh mu pojde,
     čin' duh tvoj k njemu da dojde.

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   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     Mnjaše da ni robom, ni moćju od ljudi,
     ni plemenitim rodo(m) na svit mu para ni;

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   • 1762, Matija Antun Relković, Satir iliti divji čovik:

     Svi su ovi po svitu hodili
     i svakuda zemlju uhodili

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Borrowed from French suite, from the verb suivre (“to follow”).

• IPA^(key): /sviːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːt

svit c

1. suite; a kind of room
2. succession, sequence, series; a number of things that follow on one after the other
3. complication, after-effect

• svit in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• svit in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• vist, vits