многосвещник
Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, много- (mnogo-, “multi-”) + све́щник (svéštnik, “candle-holder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mnoɡoˈsvɛʃnik]
- Rhymes: -ɛʃnik
- Syllabification(key): мно‧го‧свещ‧ник
- Hyphenation(key): мно‧гос‧вещ‧ник
Noun
многосве́щник • (mnogosvéštnik) m
- candelabrum (ornament used to hold many candles)
- Synonym: кандела́бър (kandelábǎr)
- Hypernym: све́щник (svéštnik)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | многосве́щник mnogosvéštnik |
многосве́щници mnogosvéštnici |
| definite (subject form) |
многосве́щникът mnogosvéštnikǎt |
многосве́щниците mnogosvéštnicite |
| definite (object form) |
многосве́щника mnogosvéštnika | |
| count form | — | многосве́щника mnogosvéštnika |
References
- “многосвещник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “канделабър”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 201