свей

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲej]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from све́ять (svéjatʹ)

Noun

свей • (svej) m inan (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев)

1. (dialectal) sand wave
2. (dialectal) snowdrift

Declension

Declension of свей (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	све́й svéj	све́и svéi
genitive	све́я svéja	све́ев svéjev
dative	све́ю svéju	све́ям svéjam
accusative	све́й svéj	све́и svéi
instrumental	све́ем svéjem	све́ями svéjami
prepositional	све́е svéje	све́ях svéjax

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣи pl (svěi), from Old Swedish swēar and Old Norse svíar. Doublet of швед (šved).

Noun

свей • (svej) m anim (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев, relational adjective све́йский)

1. (historical) Swede (a member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited what is now central Sweden)
2. (archaic) Swede (a person from Sweden)

   Synonym: швед (šved)

Declension

Declension of свей (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	све́й svéj	све́и svéi
genitive	све́я svéja	све́ев svéjev
dative	све́ю svéju	све́ям svéjam
accusative	све́я svéja	све́ев svéjev
instrumental	све́ем svéjem	све́ями svéjami
prepositional	све́е svéje	све́ях svéjax

Etymology 3

Verb

свей • (svej)

1. second-person singular imperative perfective of свить (svitʹ)