svietiti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světìti. By surface analysis, svět +‎ -iti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsʋi̯ɛːcici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsviːcici/

Verb

svietiti impf

1. to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of svietiti (class IV)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
svietiti	svietit	sviecenie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	sviecu	svietívě (-va)	svietím (-me/-my)	–	svěťvě, svietivě (-va)	svěťme, svietim (-me/-my)
2nd person	svietíš	svietíta	svietíte	svěť, svieti	svěťta, svietita	svěťte, svietite
3rd person	svietí	svietíta	svietie	svěť, svieti	svěťta, svietita	svěťte, svietite

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	svietich	svietichově (-va)	svietichom (-me/-my)	svietiech	svietiechově (-va)	svietiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	svieti	svietista (-šta)	svietiste (-šte)	svietieše	svietiešta (-sta)	svietiešte (-ste)
3rd person	svieti	svietista (-šta)	svietichu	svietieše	svietiešta (-sta)	svietiechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	svietil	svietila	svietili	—	—	—
Feminine	svietila	svietile	svietily	—	—	—
Neuter	svietilo	svietile	svietila	—	—	—

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	svietě	svietiece		svietiv	svietivše
Feminine	svietieci			svietivši
Neuter	svietě, svietieci			svietiv, svietivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of svietiti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• osvietiti
• podsvietiti
• posvietiti
• prosvietiti
• přisvietiti
• přěsvietiti
• sviecen
• sviecě
• světidlo
• světitedlnicě
• světlo

 

Related terms

• svět

 

Descendants

• Czech: svítit

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “svietiti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění