свяча

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• сьвяча́ (sʹvjačá) — Taraškievica orthography
• świacza, świača, śviača — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲvʲaˈt͡ʂa]

Noun

свяча́ • (svjačá) f inan (genitive свячы́, nominative plural свя́чы, genitive plural свяч, diminutive све́чка)

1. (uncommon) candle

   Synonym: све́чка (svjéčka)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	свяча́ svjačá	свя́чы svjáčy
genitive	свячы́ svjačý	свяч svjač
dative	свячы́ svjačý	свя́чам svjáčam
accusative	свячу́ svjačú	свя́чы svjáčy
instrumental	свячо́й, свячо́ю svjačój, svjačóju	свя́чамі svjáčami
locative	свячы́ svjačý	свя́чах svjáčax
count form	—	свячы́1 svjačý1

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

Further reading

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