кандило

кандило • (kandilo) n

1. oil lamp

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo), from Ancient Greek κανδήλη (kandḗlē), from Latin candela (“candle”).

• IPA^(key): [kɐnʲˈdʲilə]

канди́ло • (kandílo) n inan (genitive канди́ла, nominative plural канди́ла, genitive plural канди́л)

1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) a vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo), from Ancient Greek κανδήλη (kandḗlē), from Latin candela (“candle”).

• IPA^(key): /kǎndilo/
• Hyphenation: кан‧ди‧ло

ка̀ндило n (Latin spelling kàndilo)

1. (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) A vigil lamp; a cresset, usually hanging and richly decorated, containing a floating wick fed by oil, which is placed before icons and altars.
   • 1844, Ljudevit Gaj, Danica horvatska, slavonska i dalmatinska, Vol. 10, No. 42:

     U jednom kutu visila je jednostavna bezuresna ikona, pred kojom je gorelo malo kandilo.

     In one corner hung a plain undecorated icon, before which burned a small vigil lamp.

   • 1898 and 1899, Laza K. Lazarević, Pripovetke, I-II:

     Собу је освјетљавало кандило, које је горјело пред иконом.

     The room was illuminated by a vigil lamp, which burned in front of an icon.

• ка̀дило (“censer, thurible”)

• Pero Budmani (editor) (1892-1897), Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Volume 4, JAZU: Zagreb
• “кандило” in Hrvatski jezični portal