swěca

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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swěca f inan (diminutive swěcka)

  1. light
  2. candle

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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swěca f

  1. light
  2. candle

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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