свеча
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свеча
Russian
Alternative forms
- свѣча́ (svěčá) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣча (svěča, “candle”), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.
Pronunciation
Noun
свеча́ • (svečá) f inan (genitive свечи́, nominative plural све́чи, genitive plural свече́й or свеч*, relational adjective свечно́й, diminutive све́чка) (* Dated.)
- candle (a light source, usually of wax)
- Свеча́ горе́ла на столе́. ― Svečá goréla na stolé. ― A candle was burning on the table.
- Све́чи - иску́сственные исто́чники све́та. ― Svéči - iskússtvennyje istóčniki svéta. ― Candles are artificial light sources.
- (physics) candela (unit of luminous intensit)
- Synonym: канде́ла f (kandɛ́la)
- (automotive) spark plug / sparking plug
- (medicine) suppository
Declension
Declension of свеча́ (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-f/d)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | свеча́ svečá |
све́чи svéči |
| genitive | свечи́ svečí |
свече́й, све́ч* svečéj, svéč* |
| dative | свече́ svečé |
свеча́м, све́чам* svečám, svéčam* |
| accusative | свечу́ svečú |
све́чи svéči |
| instrumental | свечо́й, свечо́ю svečój, svečóju |
свеча́ми, све́чами* svečámi, svéčami* |
| prepositional | свече́ svečé |
свеча́х, све́чах* svečáx, svéčax* |
* Dated.
Derived terms
- свеча́ зажига́ния f (svečá zažigánija)
- свеча́ Я́блочкова f (svečá Jábločkova)
- све́чечка f (svéčečka)
- подсве́чник m (podsvéčnik)
- свечни́к m (svečník)
Related terms
- свет m (svet)
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свеча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “свеча”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146