светило

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [svʲɪˈtʲiɫə]

Etymology 1

свети́ть (svetítʹ) + -ло (-lo)

Noun

свети́ло • (svetílo) n inan (genitive свети́ла, nominative plural свети́ла, genitive plural свети́л)

  1. heavenly body, celestial body, lamp
    дневно́е свети́лоdnevnóje svetílothe star of day
    ночны́е свети́лаnočnýje svetílathe moon and the stars; the lamps of night
  2. luminary, notability
    свети́ло нау́киsvetílo naúkia luminary [leading light] in science
Declension

Verb

свети́ло • (svetílo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative imperfective of свети́ть (svetítʹ)
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