svetlo

See also: světlo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• svjȅtlo (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světьlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋêtlo/
• Hyphenation: sve‧tlo

Noun

svȅtlo n (Cyrillic spelling све̏тло)

1. light (electromagnetic wave)

Declension

Declension of svetlo

	singular	plural
nominative	svetlo	svetla
genitive	svetla	svȅtālā
dative	svetlu	svetlima
accusative	svetlo	svetla
vocative	svetlo	svetla
locative	svetlu	svetlima
instrumental	svetlom	svetlima

See also

• luč
• svetiljka

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světьlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛtɫɔ/

Noun

svetlo n

1. light (electromagnetic wave)

Declension

Declension of svetlo (pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	svetlo	svetlá
genitive	svetla	svetiel
dative	svetlu	svetlám
accusative	svetlo	svetlá
locative	svetle	svetlách
instrumental	svetlom	svetlami

Derived terms

• vo svetle
• svetielko, svetielce

Further reading

• “svetlo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025