свещ

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic свѣща (svěšta), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [svɛʃt]
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Noun

свещ • (svešt) f

  1. candle, taper
    Synonym: вощеница (voštenica)
  2. (electricity) candlepower
  3. spark plug
  4. (aviation) zoom climb

Declension
Declension of свещ
singular plural
indefinite свещ
svešt		 све́щи
svéšti
definite свещта́
svešttá		 све́щите
svéštite

References
  • “свещ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свещ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 545
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