svíce

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word svíce. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word svíce, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say svíce in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word svíce you have here. The definition of the word svíce will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsvíce, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

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

Declension of svíce (soft feminine í-ě-alt/quant-alt)
singular plural
nominative svíce svíce
genitive svíce svěc, svic, svící
dative svíci svícím
accusative svíci svíce
vocative svíce svíce
locative svíci svících
instrumental svící svícemi

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)
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia