светлина

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světьlina. Synchronically, an abstract noun of све́тъл (svétǎl, “bright”) +‎ -ина (-ina).

• IPA^(key): [svɛtliˈna]

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• Rhymes: -na
• Syllabification^(key): све‧тли‧на
• Hyphenation^(key): свет‧ли‧на

светлина́ • (svetliná) f (relational adjective светли́нен, diminutive светлинка́)

1. light (electromagnetic effect)

   дневна светлина ― dnevna svetlina ― daylight

   слънчева светлина ― slǎnčeva svetlina ― sunlight

   лунна светлина ― lunna svetlina ― moonlight

   изкуствена светлина ― izkustvena svetlina ― artificial light

   хвърлям светлина о нещо ― hvǎrljam svetlina o nešto ― to shed light about smth

2. (plural only) lights

   сигнални светлини ― signalni svetlini ― signal lights

3. (figurative) sight, look, perspective

   в положителна / отрицателна светлина (idiomic)

   v položitelna / otricatelna svetlina

   favourably / unfavourably

   (literally, “in a positive / negative light”)

• бля́сък (bljásǎk, “shining”)
• виделина́ (videliná, “visible light”) (dialectal)
• заря́ (zarjá, “illumination”)
• зрак (zrak, “faint light”) (dialectal)
• луча́ (lučá, “ray of light”) (dated)

• просве́та (prosvéta, “education”)
• свети́ло (svetílo) (instrumental noun)
• светка́вица (svetkávica, “lightning”)
• светлота́ (svetlotá), све́тлост (svétlost) (abstract nouns)

• “светлина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “светлина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “свѣтлина́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 141

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *světьlina, from *světьlъ (“bright”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvɛtlina]

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светлина • (svetlina) f (plural светлини, diminutive светлинка)

1. light, brightness