святой

See also: свѧтъ

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪˈtoj]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svętъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwen- (“holy”).

Adjective

свято́й • (svjatój) (comparative (по)святе́е or (по)святе́й, superlative святе́йший)

1. holy, sacred (dedicated to a religious purpose)
   • c. 1897 [1883], “Warszawianka of 1905”, Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (lyrics), Józef Pławiński (music)‎^[1]:

     На бой кровавый, святой и правый!
     Марш, марш вперёд, рабочий народ!

     Na boj krovavyj, svjatoj i pravyj!
     Marš, marš vperjód, rabočij narod!

     To the bloody fight, holy and right!
     March, march forth, working folk!

Declension

Declension of свято́й (short class c)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		свято́й svjatój	свято́е svjatóje	свята́я svjatája	святы́е svjatýje
genitive		свято́го svjatóvo		свято́й svjatój	святы́х svjatýx
dative		свято́му svjatómu		свято́й svjatój	святы́м svjatým
accusative	animate	свято́го svjatóvo	свято́е svjatóje	святу́ю svjatúju	святы́х svjatýx
	inanimate	свято́й svjatój			святы́е svjatýje
instrumental		святы́м svjatým		свято́й, свято́ю svjatój, svjatóju	святы́ми svjatými
prepositional		свято́м svjatóm		свято́й svjatój	святы́х svjatýx
short form		свят svjat	свя́то svjáto	свята́ svjatá	свя́ты svjáty

Noun

свято́й • (svjatój) m anim (genitive свято́го, nominative plural святы́е, genitive plural святы́х, feminine свята́я)

1. saint

Declension

Declension of свято́й (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-b adj) 

	singular	plural
nominative	свято́й svjatój	святы́е svjatýje
genitive	свято́го svjatóvo	святы́х svjatýx
dative	свято́му svjatómu	святы́м svjatým
accusative	свято́го svjatóvo	святы́х svjatýx
instrumental	святы́м svjatým	святы́ми svjatými
prepositional	свято́м svjatóm	святы́х svjatýx

Related terms

• свята́я (svjatája)
• Свята́я Русь (Svjatája Rusʹ)
• святору́сский (svjatorússkij)
• свя́тость (svjátostʹ)
• святе́йший (svjatéjšij)
• святи́ть (svjatítʹ), святи́ться (svjatítʹsja), освяща́ть (osvjaščátʹ)
• свя́то (svjáto)
• свято́ша (svjatóša)

Etymology 2

Noun

свято́й • (svjatój) f anim

1. genitive/dative/instrumental/prepositional singular of свята́я (svjatája)