свеча

Russian

свеча

Etymology

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)

  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 intensity)
  3. (automotive) spark plug / sparking plug
  4. (medicine) suppository.

Declension

Declension of свеча́ (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-f) 
singular plural
nominative свеча́
svečá		 све́чи
svéči
genitive свечи́
svečí		 свече́й
svečéj
dative свече́
svečé		 свеча́м
svečám
accusative свечу́
svečú		 све́чи
svéči
instrumental свечо́й, свечо́ю
svečój, svečóju		 свеча́ми
svečámi
prepositional свече́
svečé		 свеча́х
svečáx

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • свеча́ зажига́ния f (svečá zažigánija)
  • свеча́ Я́блочкова f (svečá Jábločkova)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “свеча”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “свеча”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 146
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