swěca

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvʲɪt͡sa/

Noun

swěca f (diminutive swěcka)

  1. light
  2. candle

Declension

Declension of swěca
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative swěca swěcy swěce
Genitive swěce swěcowu swěcow
Dative swěcy swěcoma swěcam
Accusative swěcu swěcy swěce
Instrumental swěcu swěcoma swěcami
Locative swěcy swěcoma swěcach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “swěca”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “swěca”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.

Noun

swěca f

  1. light
  2. candle

Declension

Declension of swěca (feminine hard hissing stem)
singular dual plural
nominative swěca swěcy swěcy
genitive swěcy swěcow swěcow
dative swěcy swěcomaj swěcam
accusative swěcu swěcy swěcy
instrumental swěcu swěcomaj swěcami
locative swěcy swěcomaj swěcach
vocative swěca swěcy swěcy

Derived terms

Further reading

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