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), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 545