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свет
noun, masculine, inanimate
Daily used word (top 200)
- 1.
light
- 2.
world
- 3.
high society
Quite common in 19th Century literature (cf. the French 'monde')
Example:Как dandy ло́ндонский оде́т, И наконе́ц уви́дел свет.
He was dressed like a London dandy, And at last he beheld high society first-hand. (A S Pushkin, Yevgeniy Onegin Chapter 1, Verse 4)
Examples
- Призовые де́ньги позво́лили мне отпра́виться в путеше́ствие вокруг све́та.The prize money enabled me to go on a world cruise.
- Свет горе́л.The light was on.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom.nominative | све́т | све́ты |
| gen.genitive | све́та | све́тов |
| dat.dative | све́ту | све́там |
| acc.accusative | све́т | све́ты |
| inst.instrumental | све́том | све́тами |
| prep.prepositional | све́те | све́тах |
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