Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svěťa
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *světiti (“to illuminate, shine”) + *-ja or *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.
Noun
[edit]*svě̄ťà f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *svě̄ťà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *svě̄ťà | *svě̃ťi | *svě̄ťę̇̀ |
genitive | *svě̄ťę̇̀ | *svě̄ťù | *svě̃ťь |
dative | *svě̄ťì | *svě̄ťàma | *svě̄ťàmъ |
accusative | *svě̄ťǫ̀ | *svě̃ťi | *svě̄ťę̇̀ |
instrumental | *svě̄ťèjǫ, *svě̃ťǫ** | *svě̄ťàma | *svě̄ťàmī |
locative | *svě̄ťì | *svě̄ťù | *svě̄ťàsъ, *svě̄ťàxъ* |
vocative | *svěťe | *svě̃ťi | *svě̄ťę̇̀ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
[edit]- *svěťьnikъ (“candlestick, candle holder”)
- *svěťařь (“chandler”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свеча́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “свеча”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 146
- Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “свечка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
- 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