свеча

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свеча

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

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

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.
(physics) candela (unit of luminous intensit)
Synonym: канде́ла f (kandɛ́la)
(automotive) spark plug / sparking plug
(medicine) suppository

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	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^*

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^*Dated.

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, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146

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