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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic свѣща (svěšta), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.
Pronunciation
Noun
свещ • (svešt) f
- candle, taper
- Synonym: вощеница (voštenica)
- (electricity) candlepower
- spark plug
- (aviation) zoom climb
Declension
References
- “свещ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свещ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 545