sfeșnic

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свѣщьникъ (svěštĭnikŭ), from свѣща (svěšta) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (candle), from *světъ (light) + *-ja. Compare Russian свечник (svečnik).[1]

Noun

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sfeșnic n (plural sfeșnice)

  1. candlestick

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ sfeșnic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)