светия

Bulgarian

Etymology

An old ī-stem agent noun from Proto-Slavic *svęti. Extended at a later time with the suffix -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [svɛˈtijɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

свети́я • (svetíja) m

  1. (archaic) saint
    Synonym: свете́ц (svetéc)
    Вси свети́и ― Vsi svetíi ― Halloween (literally, “All Saints day”)

Declension
Declension of свети́я
singular plural
indefinite свети́я
svetíja		 свети́и
svetíi
definite свети́ята
svetíjata		 свети́ите
svetíite

References
  • “светия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “светия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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