szwat

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish świat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃfat]
  • Syllabification: szwat

Noun

szwat m inan

  1. world (subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence)
  2. world (the Universe)
  3. world (the Earth)

Further reading
  • Erwin Kruk, editor (November 2011), “szwat, śwat”, in Mały Słownik Gwary Mazurskiej [A Small Dictionary of the Masurian Dialect], archived from the original on 2023-08-11
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