Semantics of the Russian lexeme *svetlyi and its reflection in modern Russian-Serbian and Serbian-Russian dictionaries

The article examines the semantics of the lexeme *svetlyi when translated into Serbian. The equivalence of the original lexical unit semantic structure to translation variants presented in the Russian-Serbian and Serbian-Russian dictionaries of different sizes is evaluated to identify inaccuracies and distortions compared to the original meaning. Additional, homonymous, translation line is revealed, reflected by the Serbian lexeme plavi denoting a group of coloratives.