свѣча

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• свѣща (svěšča)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svěťa. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic свѣща (svěšta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋeːˈt͡ɕɑ/→/sʋʲeːˈt͡ɕa/→/sʋʲeːˈt͡ɕa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʋeːˈt͡ɕɑ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʋʲeːˈt͡ɕa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʋʲeːˈt͡ɕa/

• Hyphenation: свѣ‧ча

Noun

свѣча (svěča) f

1. candle

Declension

Declension of свѣча (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	свѣча svěča	свѣчи svěči	свѣчѣ svěčě
genitive	свѣчѣ svěčě	свѣчу svěču	свѣчь svěčĭ
dative	свѣчи svěči	свѣчама svěčama	свѣчамъ svěčamŭ
accusative	свѣчѫ svěčǫ	свѣчи svěči	свѣчѣ svěčě
instrumental	свѣчеѭ svěčejǫ	свѣчама svěčama	свѣчами svěčami
locative	свѣчи svěči	свѣчу svěču	свѣчахъ svěčaxŭ
vocative	свѣче svěče	свѣчи svěči	свѣчѣ svěčě

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: свѣча́ (svěčá)
  • Belarusian: свяча́ (svjačá), сьвяча́ (sʹvjačá) (Taraškievica), ⇒ све́чка (svjéčka), сьве́чка (sʹvjéčka) (Taraškievica)
  • Ukrainian: свіча́ (svičá), ⇒ сві́чка (svíčka)
• Russian: свеча́ (svečá)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “свѣча”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 301
• Bogatova, G. A., editor (1996), “свѣча”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 23 (съ – сдымка), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 155