svíce

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sviecě, from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (candle), from *světъ (light) + *-ja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sví‧ce

Noun

svíce f

  1. candle (a light source, usually of wax)

Declension

Further reading

  • svíce”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • svíce”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • svíce”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)