кандило

Macedonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin candela (candle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkandiɫɔ]
  • Hyphenation: кан‧ди‧ло

Noun

кандило • (kandilo) n (plural кандила, diminutive кандилце)

  1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) a vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars
  2. (archaic) oil lamp

Declension

References

  • кандило” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo), from Ancient Greek κανδήλη (kandḗlē), from Latin candela (candle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐnʲˈdʲiɫə]

Noun

канди́ло • (kandílo) n inan (genitive канди́ла, nominative plural канди́ла, genitive plural канди́л)

  1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) a vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 18 February 2017
кандило

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo), from Ancient Greek κανδήλη (kandḗlē), from Latin candela (candle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǎndilo/
  • Hyphenation: кан‧ди‧ло

Noun

ка̀ндило n (Latin spelling kàndilo)

  1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars.
    • 1844, Ljudevit Gaj, Danica horvatska, slavonska i dalmatinska, volume 10, number 42:
      U jednom kutu visila je jednostavna bezuresna ikona, pred kojom je gorelo malo kandilo.
      In one corner hung a plain undecorated icon, before which burned a small vigil lamp.
    • 1898, Laza K. Lazarević, Pripovetke, I-II, published 1899:
      Собу је освјетљавало кандило, које је горјело пред иконом.
      The room was illuminated by a vigil lamp, which burned in front of an icon.

Declension

See also

References

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    Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “kàndilo”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 818
  • кандило” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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