свита

According to BER, inherited from Proto-Slavic *svita. Possibly related to Old Church Slavonic свитати (svitati, “to illuminate”) (whence dialectal Bulgarian сви́тка (svítka, “sparkle”)).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvitɐ]

сви́та • (svíta) f (diminutive сви́тица)

1. (obsolete) thin woolen fabric, tunic

   Antonym: ша́як (šájak, “thick woolen fabric”)

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сви́та”, 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 135
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свита¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 558

Borrowed from Russian свита (svita), ultimately from French suite. Formally, a doublet of сюи́та (sjuíta) (direct French borrowing, meaning “musical suite”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvitɐ]

сви́та • (svíta) f

1. entourage, cortege, retinue

• “свита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “свита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свита³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 558

See titular lemma.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvitɐ]

сви́та • (svíta) n

1. indefinite plural of сви́то (svíto): rolling papers, wrappings

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “свита²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 559

Ultimately from French suite.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvita]

свита • (svita) f (uncountable)

1. suite, entourage

• придружба (pridružba)

Via Polish świta or German Suite from French suite.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvʲitə]

• Audio

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сви́та • (svíta) f inan (genitive сви́ты, nominative plural сви́ты, genitive plural свит)

1. suite, escort, retinue, entourage
2. (geology) suite

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свита”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress