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święty
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See also: Święty
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish święty, from Proto-Slavic *svętъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
święty (comparative świętszy, superlative najświętszy, derived adverb święcie)
- holy, sacred
- Jerozolima jest uważana za święte miasto. ― Jerusalem is considered to be a holy city.
- 1915 [1865], Włodzimierz Wolski, “Marsz Żuawów [March of the Zouaves [of Death]]”, edited by Adam Zagórskiperformed by Jacek Kowalski:
- Marsz, marsz Żuawy,
Na bój, na krwawy,
Święty, a prawy —
Marsz Żuawy — marsz.- March, march, Zouaves,
To the bloody fight,
Holy, and just —
March, Zoauves — march.
- March, march, Zouaves,
Declension
Declension of święty (hard)
Noun
święty m pers (female equivalent święta)
- (Christianity) saint (deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue)
Declension
Declension of święty
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