sfeșnic

Romanian

Alternative forms
  • șféșnic
  • féșnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic свѣщьникъ (svěštĭnikŭ), from свѣща (svěšta) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (“candle”), from *světъ (“light”) + *-ja. Compare Russian свечник (svečnik).[1]

Noun

sfeșnic n (plural sfeșnice)

  1. candlestick

Declension
Declension of sfeșnic
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sfeșnic sfeșnicul (niște) sfeșnice sfeșnicele
genitive/dative (unui) sfeșnic sfeșnicului (unor) sfeșnice sfeșnicelor
vocative sfeșnicule sfeșnicelor

References
  1. sfeșnic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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