sfeșnic
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
sfeșnic n (plural sfeșnice)
Declension edit
Declension of sfeșnic
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) sfeșnic | sfeșnicul | (niște) sfeșnice | sfeșnicele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) sfeșnic | sfeșnicului | (unor) sfeșnice | sfeșnicelor |
| vocative | sfeșnicule | sfeșnicelor | ||
References edit
- ^ sfeșnic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)