свечка

Belarusian

свечка

Alternative forms

• сьве́чка (sʹvjéčka) — Taraškievica orthography
• świeczka, świečka, śviečka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

свяча́ (svjačá) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲvʲet͡ʂka]

• Audio

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Noun

све́чка • (svjéčka) f inan (genitive све́чкі, nominative plural све́чкі, genitive plural све́чак, relational adjective све́чачны, diminutive све́чачка)

1. candle (a light source, usually of wax)
2. (automotive) spark plug / sparking plug
3. (medicine) suppository

Declension

Declension of све́чка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	све́чка svjéčka	све́чкі svjéčki
genitive	све́чкі svjéčki	све́чак svjéčak
dative	све́чцы svjéčcy	све́чкам svjéčkam
accusative	све́чку svjéčku	све́чкі svjéčki
instrumental	све́чкай, све́чкаю svjéčkaj, svjéčkaju	све́чкамі svjéčkami
locative	све́чцы svjéčcy	све́чках svjéčkax
count form	—	све́чкі1 svjéčki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Further reading

• “свечка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Alternative forms

• свѣ́чка (svě́čka) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

свеча́ (svečá) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvʲet͡ɕkə]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

све́чка • (svéčka) f inan (genitive све́чки, nominative plural све́чки, genitive plural све́чек, diminutive све́чечка)

1. Diminutive of свеча́ (svečá): a small candle

Declension

Declension of све́чка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	све́чка svéčka	све́чки svéčki
genitive	све́чки svéčki	све́чек svéček
dative	све́чке svéčke	све́чкам svéčkam
accusative	све́чку svéčku	све́чки svéčki
instrumental	све́чкой, све́чкою svéčkoj, svéčkoju	све́чками svéčkami
prepositional	све́чке svéčke	све́чках svéčkax