- svě̄tjà
- svě̄tjà
Grammatical information: f. jā
Accent paradigm: b
Proto-Slavic meaning: `candle'
Old Church Slavic:svěšta `light, candle' [f jā]Russian:svečá `candle' [f jā]Czech:svíce `candle' [f jā]Old Czech:sviecě `candle' [f jā]Polish:świeca `candle' [f jā]Serbo-Croatian:svijèća `candle' [f jā], svijèću [Accs];Čak. svīćȁ (Vrgada) `candle, light (on a boat)' [f jā], svīćȕ [Accs];Čak. sviećȁ (Orbanići) `candle, light (also electric)' [f jā], sviećȍ [Accs]Slovene:svẹ́ča `candle' [f jā]Bulgarian:svešt `candle, light' [f i]Lithuanian:šviẽsti `shine' [verb]Indo-European reconstruction: ḱuoit-ieh₂-Page in Pokorny: 628Other cognates:Skt. śvetá- `white, bright' (RV+) [adj]
Slovenščina-angleščina big slovar. 2014.