сьвяча

Belarusian edit

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

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сьвяча́ • (sʹvjačá) f inan (genitive сьвячы́, nominative plural сьвя́чы, genitive plural сьвяч, diminutive сьве́чка)

Declension of сьвяча́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	сьвяча́ sʹvjačá	сьвя́чы sʹvjáčy
genitive	сьвячы́ sʹvjačý	сьвяч sʹvjač
dative	сьвячы́ sʹvjačý	сьвя́чам sʹvjáčam
accusative	сьвячу́ sʹvjačú	сьвя́чы sʹvjáčy
instrumental	сьвячо́й, сьвячо́ю sʹvjačój, sʹvjačóju	сьвя́чамі sʹvjáčami
locative	сьвячы́ sʹvjačý	сьвя́чах sʹvjáčax
count form	—	сьвячы́¹ sʹvjačý¹

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