каравай
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Russian
Alternative forms
- корова́й (korováj) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- корова́й (korováj) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic короваи (korovai), from Proto-Slavic *korvajь. Cognate with Ukrainian корова́й (korováj), Bulgarian крава́й (kraváj), Serbo-Croatian кра̀ва̄ј (“type of cake fed to the bride and groom”) (genitive крава́ја), Slovene kravȃj, krávaj. Per Vasmer, probably related to коро́ва (koróva, “cow, also dialectally bride”); originally thought to have been a wedding gift that was intended to induce fertility.
Pronunciation
Noun
карава́й • (karaváj) m inan (genitive карава́я, nominative plural карава́и, genitive plural карава́ев)
- korovai (large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding)
Declension
Declension of карава́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)