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Bulgarian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolivo. Most likely from ко́ля (kólja, “to slaughter”) + -иво (-ivo).
Sometimes viewed as another meaning of Etymology 2.
Pronunciation
Noun
коли́во • (kolívo) n (obsolete)
- animal intended for slaughter
Declension
References
- Народни писмени материали, БАН
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Greek κόλλυβον (kóllyvon).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́ливо • (kólivo) n
- (dialectal, Eastern Orthodoxy) kollyva (ritual food)
- Synonym: ку́ча (kúča)
Declension
References
- “коливо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коливо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 556
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “*ко́ливо”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 387
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
коливо • (kolivo) n (plural колива)
- koliva
- Synonym: блудец (bludec)