sviecě

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”). By surface analysis, svietiti +‎ -ě.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsʋi̯ɛːt͡si̯ɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsviːt͡sɛ/

Noun

sviecě f

1. candle (a light source, usually of wax)

Declension

Declension of sviecě (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sviecě	svieci	sviecě
genitive	sviecě	sviecú	sviecí, sviec
dative	svieci	sviecěma	svieciem
accusative	sviecu	svieci	sviecě
vocative	sviece	svieci	sviecě
locative	svieci	sviecú	svieciech
instrumental	sviecú	sviecěma	sviecěmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: svíce

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sviecě”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění