святки

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic свꙗтокъ (svjatokŭ) from Old Church Slavonic свѧтъкъ (svętŭkŭ), from Old Church Slavonic свѧтъ (svętŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *svętъ) + Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvʲatkʲɪ]

Noun

свя́тки • (svjátki) f inan pl (genitive свя́ток, plural only, relational adjective свя́точный)

1. Christmastide; Yuletide; Christmas season

Declension

Declension of свя́тки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	plural
nominative	свя́тки svjátki
genitive	свя́ток svjátok
dative	свя́ткам svjátkam
accusative	свя́тки svjátki
instrumental	свя́тками svjátkami
prepositional	свя́тках svjátkax

Pre-reform declension of свя́тки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	plural
nominative	свя́тки svjátki
genitive	свя́токъ svjátok
dative	свя́ткамъ svjátkam
accusative	свя́тки svjátki
instrumental	свя́тками svjátkami
prepositional	свя́ткахъ svjátkax

Related terms

• свято́й (svjatój)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “святки”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “святки”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 307