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швидкий

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian швыдкїй (švydkij), borrowed from dialectal szwytki, świtki (agile, quick, dashing), from Middle Low German swît, from Old Saxon swīth, from Proto-West Germanic *swinþ, from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéntos.[1]

Cognate with southwestern dialectal Russian швы́дкий (švýdkij)[2] and dialectal Belarusian швы́дкі (švýdki),[3][1] and, more distantly, English swith, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (swinþs).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃʋedˈkɪi̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪi̯
  • Hyphenation: швид‧кий

Adjective

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швидки́й (švydkýj) (comparative шви́дший, superlative найшви́дший, adverb шви́дко, abstract noun шви́дкість)

  1. fast, quick
    Synonyms: би́стрий (býstryj), прудки́й (prudkýj)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ukrainian: шми́тки́й (šmýtkýj) (dialectal)[4]

Further reading

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “швидки́й”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 398
  2. ^ Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “швыдкий”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “швы́дкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  4. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шмиткий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 447