сяйво

Ukrainian

Etymology

From ся́яти (sjájaty) +‎ -во (-vo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲajwɔ]

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Noun

ся́йво • (sjájvo) n inan (genitive ся́йва, uncountable)

1. radiance, refulgence, glow, shine
2. (figuratively) gleam (a look of joy or liveliness on one's face)

Declension

Declension of ся́йво (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	ся́йво sjájvo
genitive	ся́йва sjájva
dative	ся́йву sjájvu
accusative	ся́йво sjájvo
instrumental	ся́йвом sjájvom
locative	ся́йві sjájvi
vocative	ся́йво sjájvo

Derived terms

• півні́чне ся́йво n (pivníčne sjájvo)
• поля́рне ся́йво n (poljárne sjájvo)

 

Related terms

• ся́яти impf (sjájaty)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сяйво”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “сяйво”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “сяйво”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “сяйво”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “сяйво”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “сяйво”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)