Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svěťьnikъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *svěťa (“candle”) +‎ *-ьnikъ.

Noun

*svěťьnikъ m

1. candlestick, candle holder

Inflection

Declension of *svěťьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svěťьnikъ	*svěťьnika	*svěťьnici
genitive	*svěťьnika	*svěťьniku	*svěťьnikъ
dative	*svěťьniku	*svěťьnikoma	*svěťьnikomъ
accusative	*svěťьnikъ	*svěťьnika	*svěťьniky
instrumental	*svěťьnikъmь, *svěťьnikomь*	*svěťьnikoma	*svěťьniky
locative	*svěťьnicě	*svěťьniku	*svěťьnicěxъ
vocative	*svěťьniče	*svěťьnika	*svěťьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: свѣчьникъ (svěčĭnikŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: свѣчникъ (svěčnik)
      • Belarusian: свечнік (svječnik)
      • Ukrainian: свічник (svičnyk)
    • Russian: све́чник (svéčnik)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: свѣщьникъ (svěštĭnikŭ)

  • Bulgarian: све́щник (svéštnik)
  • Macedonian: свекник (sveknik), свешник (svešnik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: svijȇćnjāk, svȇćnjāk

    Cyrillic script: свије̑ћња̄к, све̑ћња̄к

  • Slovene: svẹ̑čnik
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sviecník
    • Czech: svícník (dated)
  • Polabian: svecnĕk
  • Old Polish: świecznik
    • Polish: świecznik
  • Slovak: svietnik; sviečnik (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: swjécznik
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: swěcnik
    • Upper Sorbian: swěčnik