Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svěťьnikъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *svěťa (“candle”) +‎ *-ьnikъ.

Noun

*svěťьnikъ m^[1]

candlestick, candle holder

Inflection

Declension of *svěťьnikъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svěťьnikъ	*svěťьnika	*svěťьnici
genitive	*svěťьnika	*svěťьniku	*svěťьnikъ
dative	*svěťьniku	*svěťьnikoma	*svěťьnikomъ
accusative	*svěťьnikъ	*svěťьnika	*svěťьniky
instrumental	svěťьnikъmь, svěťьnikomь^*	*svěťьnikoma	*svěťьniky
locative	*svěťьnicě	*svěťьniku	*svěťьnicěxъ
vocative	*svěťьniče	*svěťьnika	*svěťьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: свѣчьникъ (svěčĭnikŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: свѣчникъ (svěčnik)
    - Belarusian: свечнік (svječnik)
    - Ukrainian: свічник (svičnyk)
  - Russian: све́чник (svéčnik)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: свѣщьникъ (svěštĭnikŭ)
- Bulgarian: све́щник (svéštnik)
- Macedonian: свекник (sveknik), свешник (svešnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: svijȇćnjāk, svȇćnjāk
  
  Cyrillic script: свије̑ћња̄к, све̑ћња̄к
- Slovene: svẹ̑čnik
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sviecník
  - Czech: svícník (dated)
- Polabian: svecnĕk
- Old Polish: świecznik
  - Polish: świecznik
- Slovak: svietnik; sviečnik (dialectal)
- Slovincian: swjécznik
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: swěcnik
  - Upper Sorbian: swěčnik

References

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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Polański, Kazimierz (1993) “svecnĕk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 5 (sahi – ťüzǝc), Warszawa: Energeia, page 796

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