свей

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [svʲej]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from све́ять (svéjatʹ)

Noun

свей • (svej) m inan (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев)

  1. (dialectal) sand wave
  2. (dialectal) snowdrift
Declension
Declension of свей (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative све́й
svéj		 све́и
svéi
genitive све́я
svéja		 све́ев
svéjev
dative све́ю
svéju		 све́ям
svéjam
accusative све́й
svéj		 све́и
svéi
instrumental све́ем
svéjem		 све́ями
svéjami
prepositional све́е
svéje		 све́ях
svéjax

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣи pl (svěi), from Old Swedish swēar and Old Norse svíar. Doublet of швед (šved).

Noun

свей • (svej) m anim (genitive све́я, nominative plural све́и, genitive plural све́ев, relational adjective све́йский)

  1. (historical) Swede (a member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited what is now central Sweden)
  2. (archaic) Swede (a person from Sweden)
    Synonym: швед (šved)
Declension
Declension of свей (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative све́й
svéj		 све́и
svéi
genitive све́я
svéja		 све́ев
svéjev
dative све́ю
svéju		 све́ям
svéjam
accusative све́я
svéja		 све́ев
svéjev
instrumental све́ем
svéjem		 све́ями
svéjami
prepositional све́е
svéje		 све́ях
svéjax

Verb

свей • (svej)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of свить (svitʹ)
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