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свет

noun, masculine, inanimate, uncountable

daily used word (top 200)B1
  • 1.

    light

  • 2.

    world

  • 3.

    high society

    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)

    Quite common in 19th Century literature (cf. the French 'monde')

Examples

Declension

singularplural
nom.nominative

све́т

све́ты

gen.genitive

све́та

све́тов

dat.dative

све́ту

све́там

acc.accusative

све́т

све́ты

inst.instrumental

све́том

све́тами

prep.prepositional

све́те

све́тах

Typical usagePRO

  • Home electricity and lights

    • включи́ть свет

      turn on the light

    • выключи́ть свет

      turn off the light

    • погаси́ть свет

      switch the light off

    • гори́т свет

      the light is on

  • Types and qualities of light

    • есте́ственный свет

      natural light

    • иску́сственный свет

      artificial light

    • дневно́й свет

      daylight

    • со́лнечный свет

      sunlight

  • By/in the light

    • при све́те луны́

      by moonlight

    • при дневно́м све́те

      in daylight

    • при све́те ла́мпы

      by lamplight

    • на свету́

      in the light

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  • Bill Evans edited translation 6 months ago.
  • Bill Evans edited translation 6 months ago.
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