свеча

Russian
свеча

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣча (svěča, “candle”), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [svʲɪˈt͡ɕa]
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Noun

свеча́ • (svečá) f inan (genitive свечи́, nominative plural све́чи, genitive plural свече́й or свеч*, relational adjective свечно́й, diminutive све́чка) (* Dated.)

  1. 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.
  2. (physics) candela (unit of luminous intensit)
    Synonym: канде́ла f (kandɛ́la)
  3. (automotive) spark plug / sparking plug
  4. (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

Descendants
  • → Khakas: свечі (sveçì)
  • → Uzbek: svecha
  • → Yakut: чүмэчи (cümeci)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свеча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “свеча”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
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