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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

свеча́

noun, female, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#3002)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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candle

Also: light, taper, candle-power, suppository

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Сколько свече́й ты заду́ла на свой день рожде́ния? - "Пятьдесят шесть". How many candles did you blow out on your birthday? "Fifty-six."
Давай зажгём не́сколько свече́й. Let's light some candles.
Повсюду бы́ли свечи. Candles were everywhere.
Я зажгла́ свечи. I lit the candles.
Свеча́ сама́ поту́хла. The candle went out by itself.
Заду́й свечи. Blow out the candles.
Заду́йте свечи и загада́йте жела́ние! Blow out the candles and make a wish!
Свеча́ та́ет. The candle is melting down.
Том заду́л свечи. Tom blew out the candles.
Он зажёг свечи. He lit the candles.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	свеча́	све́чи
gen. genitive	свечи́	свече́й
dat. dative	свече́	свеча́м
acc. accusative	свечу́	све́чи
inst. instrumental	свечо́й свечо́ю	свеча́ми
prep. prepositional	свече́	свеча́х