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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.
Pronunciation
Noun
swěca f inan (diminutive swěcka)
- light
- candle
Declension
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “swěca”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “swěca”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.
Noun
swěca f
- light
- candle
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading