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

• (candela): канде́ла f (kandɛ́la)

Derived terms

• свеча́ зажига́ния f (svečá zažigánija)
• свеча́ Я́блочкова f (svečá Jábločkova)
• све́чка f (svéčka)
  • све́чечка f (svéčečka)
• подсве́чник m (podsvéčnik)
• свечно́й (svečnój)
• свечни́к m (svečník)

Related terms

• свет m (svet)

Descendants

• → Khakas: свечі (sveçì)
• → 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

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Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “свеча”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN