свет
noun, masculine, inanimate, uncountable
daily used word (top 200)- 1.
light
- 2.
world
- 3.
high society
Quite common in 19th Century literature (cf. the French 'monde')
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
- Электри́ческий свет поту́х.The electric light went out.
- Я не ду́маю, что при лу́нном све́те можно чита́ть кни́гу.I don't suppose it's possible to read a book by moonlight.
- Мотылько́в привлека́ет свет.Moths are attracted by light.
- Све́та недостаточно, чтобы чита́ть.There is insufficient light for reading.
- Э́та статья́ в журна́ле вы́ставила напоказ всему́ све́ту его дья́вольские дея́ния.That magazine article exposed his devilish acts to the full light of day.
- Свет за секу́нду обойдёт зе́млю семь с полови́ной раз.Light travels around the earth seven and a half times a second.
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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