свеча

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

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪˈt͡ɕa]

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свеча́ • (svečá) f inan (genitive свечи́, nominative plural све́чи, genitive plural свече́й)

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

   Свеча́ горе́ла на столе́. ― Svečá goréla na stolé. ― A candle was burning on the table.

   Све́чи - иску́сственные исто́чники све́та. ― Svéči - iskússtvennyje istóčniki svéta. ― Candles are artificial light sources.

2. (physics) candela (unit of luminous intensity)
3. (automotive) spark plug / sparking plug
4. (medicine) suppository

• (candela): канде́ла f (kandɛ́la)

• свеча́ зажига́ния f (svečá zažigánija)
• свеча́ Я́блочкова f (svečá Jábločkova)
• све́чка f (svéčka)
  • све́чечка f (svéčečka)
• подсве́чник m (podsvéčnik)
• свечно́й (svečnój)
• свечни́к m (svečník)

• свет m (svet)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “свеча”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “свеча”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 146