свет
noun, masculine, inanimate, uncountable
daily used word (top 200)- 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
- Тра́пеза без вина, как день без со́лнечного све́та.A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.
- Ты подозрева́ешь всё на све́те.You're too suspicious about everything.
- Для чте́ния совершенно не бы́ло све́та.There wasn't anything like enough light to read by.
- Свет погашен.The light is out.
- Включи́, пожалуйста, свет.Turn on the light, please.
- Электри́ческий свет поту́х.The electric light went out.
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 |
Learn
Contributions
Bill Evans edited translation 5 months ago.
Sour_PatchXG220 edited translation 1 year ago.
