свидоцтво

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn свідоцтво (svidoctvo), from свідок (svidok, “witness”) + -цтво (-ctvo), the former being cognate with Pannonian Rusyn шведок (švedok).

• IPA^(key): [sviˈdɔt͡stvɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡stvɔ
• Hyphenation: сви‧до‧цтво

свидоцтво (svidoctvo) n

1. testimony, evidence

   Synonyms: доказ (dokaz), потвердзенє (potverdzenje)

   • 2025 August 23, Л. Сарич, “Културне благо за будучносц”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     За Мироном Жирошом остал огромни и рижнородни опус, хтори представя нєзаменлїве свидоцтво єдного часу и народу.

     Za Mironom Žirošom ostal ohromni i rižnorodni opus, xtori predstavja njezamenljive svidoctvo jednoho času i narodu.

     Miron Žiroš left behind a vast and diverse opus, which represents an irreplaceable testimony of a time and a people.

2. (education) testimonial (written certificate of completed school or grade)

   Near-synonym: уверенє (uverenje)

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1997), “сведочанство”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 478
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “свидоцтво”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “testimony”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 326