кандило
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin candela (“candle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кандило • (kandilo) n (plural кандила, diminutive кандилце)
- (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) a vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars
- (archaic) oil lamp
Declension edit
Declension of кандило
References edit
- “кандило” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo), from Ancient Greek κανδήλη (kandḗlē), from Latin candela (“candle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
канди́ло • (kandílo) n inan (genitive канди́ла, nominative plural канди́ла, genitive plural канди́л)
- (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) a vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars
Declension edit
Declension of канди́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo), from Ancient Greek κανδήλη (kandḗlē), from Latin candela (“candle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ка̀ндило n (Latin spelling kàndilo)
- (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars.
- 1844, Ljudevit Gaj, Danica horvatska, slavonska i dalmatinska, volume 10, number 42:
- U jednom kutu visila je jednostavna bezuresna ikona, pred kojom je gorelo malo kandilo.
- In one corner hung a plain undecorated icon, before which burned a small vigil lamp.
- 1898, Laza K. Lazarević, Pripovetke, I-II, published 1899:
- Собу је освјетљавало кандило, које је горјело пред иконом.
- The room was illuminated by a vigil lamp, which burned in front of an icon.
Declension edit
Declension of кандило
See also edit
- ка̀дило (“censer, thurible”)
References edit
- The template Template:R:sh:RJA does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “kàndilo”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 818 - “кандило” in Hrvatski jezični portal