свяча
Belarusian
Alternative forms
- сьвяча́ (sʹvjačá) — Taraškievica orthography
- świacza, świača, śviača — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic свѣча (svěča, “candle”), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲvʲaˈt͡ʂa]
Noun
свяча́ • (svjačá) f inan (genitive свячы́, nominative plural свя́чы, genitive plural свяч, diminutive све́чка)
Declension
Declension of свяча́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | свяча́ svjačá |
свя́чы svjáčy |
| genitive | свячы́ svjačý |
свяч svjač |
| dative | свячы́ svjačý |
свя́чам svjáčam |
| accusative | свячу́ svjačú |
свя́чы svjáčy |
| instrumental | свячо́й, свячо́ю svjačój, svjačóju |
свя́чамі svjáčami |
| locative | свячы́ svjačý |
свя́чах svjáčax |
| count form | — | свячы́1 svjačý1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Further reading
- “свяча” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org