svieca

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svěťa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /svɪ̯et͡sa/, [ˈsʋɪ̯et͡sa]
• Rhymes: -ɪ̯et͡sa
• Hyphenation: svie‧ca

• Audio (Bratislava):

  (file)

Noun

svieca f (relational adjective sviecový, diminutive sviečka or sviečočka)

1. candle (a light source)

Declension

Declension of svieca
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	svieca	sviece
genitive	sviece	sviec
dative	svieci	sviecam
accusative	sviecu	sviece
locative	svieci	sviecach
instrumental	sviecou	sviecami

Further reading

• “svieca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026