калач

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Etymology

From кола́ч (koláč) (through akanye), from Proto-Slavic *kolačь, a derivation of *kolo (“circle, wheel”). By surface analysis, колесо́ (kolesó) +‎ -ач (-ač). Cognate to Ukrainian кола́ч (koláč), Bulgarian кола́ч (koláč), Serbo-Croatian kòlač, Slovak koláč, Czech koláč, Polish kołacz.

Pronunciation

Noun

калач

кала́ч • (kaláč) m inan (genitive калача́, nominative plural калачи́, genitive plural калаче́й, relational adjective кала́чный, diminutive кала́чик)

  1. kalach (traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or a wheel)
    • 1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть IV Глава XV”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      Лё́вин попро́бовал отпи́ть ко́фе и положи́ть кала́ч в рот, но рот его́ реши́тельно не знал, что де́лать с калачо́м.
      Ljóvin popróboval otpítʹ kófe i položítʹ kaláč v rot, no rot jevó rešítelʹno ne znal, što délatʹ s kalačóm.
      Levin tried to drink coffee and put some roll in his mouth, but his mouth was quite at a loss what to do with the roll.

Declension

Declension of кала́ч (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative кала́ч
kaláč 		калачи́
kalačí
genitive калача́
kalačá 		калаче́й
kalačéj
dative калачу́
kalačú 		калача́м
kalačám
accusative кала́ч
kaláč 		калачи́
kalačí
instrumental калачо́м
kalačóm 		калача́ми
kalačámi
prepositional калаче́
kalačé 		калача́х
kalačáx

Descendants

  • → Kazakh: қалаш (qalaş, “kalach”)
  • → Khakas: халас (xalas, “kalach, bread”)
  • → Shor: қалаш (qalaş, “bread”)
  • → Southern Altai: калаш (kalaš, “bread”)

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колач”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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