| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lys | lyset | ||
| Afrikaans | lig |
|---|---|
| Albanian | dritë |
| Catalan | llum |
| Czech | světlo |
| Dutch | licht; schijn |
| English | light |
| English (Old English) | leoht |
| Esperanto | lumo |
| Faeroese | ljós |
| Finnish | valo |
| French | lumière |
| German | Licht |
| Greek | φως |
| Hungarian | fény |
| Icelandic | ljós |
| Italian | luce |
| Latin | lumen; lux |
| Low German | licht; skynsel |
| Luxemburgish | Liicht |
| Norwegian | lys |
| Papiamento | lus |
| Polish | światło |
| Portuguese | luz |
| Russian | свет |
| Saterland Frisian | Lucht |
| Scots | licht |
| Scottish Gaelic | solus |
| Spanish | luz |
| Sranan | leti |
| Swahili | nuru |
| Swedish | ljus |
| Thai | แสง; แสงสว่าง |
| Turkish | aydınlık |
| Welsh | golau |
| West Frisian | ljocht |