svece

== Latvian == === Etymology === There are three main hypotheses on the origin of this word: (a) from the same source as sveķi (“resin”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *sʷekʷ-os (“juice, resin”), whence Proto-Baltic *sʷek-as > *sveke, plural *sveki with a number of variants, among which svece; (b) from an earlier *zvece, cognate with Lithuanian žvãkė (“candle”), both from Proto-Baltic *žvak-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰʷokʷ- (“to shine”); or (c) borrowed from Old East Slavic свѣча (svěča) (cf. Russian све́ча (svéča)), from Proto-Slavic *svěťa (but note that ě should yield ie or ē in Latvian, not a simple e, which weakens this hypothesis). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsvɛt͡sːɛ] === Noun === svece f (5th declension) candle (source of light) aizdegt sveci ― to light a candle sveču gaisma ― candlelight eglīšu sveces ― Christmas tree candles gultas galvgalī misiņa lukturī dega pašu lieta tauku svece ― at the head of the bed, a fat candle was burning in a brass lantern spark plug (ignition device in a combustion engine) aizdedzes svece ― spark plug (lit. ignition candle) šoferis pārbaudīja motoram sveces ― the driver checked the engine plugs (physics) unit of luminous intensity starptautiskā svece ― international candle (= candela) dega viena vienīga piecdesmit sveču gaismas spuldzīte ― a single small 50-candela light bulb was burning ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sveču mēnesis === References ===