коляда

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae. Doublet of кале́нды (kaléndy).

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коляда́ • (koljadá) f anim (genitive коляды́, nominative plural коля́ды, genitive plural коля́д)

1. (uncountable) an extinct Christmas folk tradition, featuring people going around singing Christmas carols and receiving gifts
2. (dialectal, countable) Christmas Eve, Christmas or the Twelve Days of Christmas

   Synonyms: соче́льник (sočélʹnik); Рождество́ (Roždestvó, “Christmas”); свя́тки (svjátki, “the Twelve Days of Christmas”)

• коля́дка (koljádka)
• колядова́ть (koljadovátʹ)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae. Doublet of кале́нди (kaléndy).

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коляда́ • (koljadá) f inan (genitive коляди́, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) koliada, a Christmas folk tradition, common in Ukraine, featuring people going around singing Christmas carols and receiving gifts
   1. a carol sung as a part of this tradition
   2. a gift received as a part of this tradition

• коля́дка (koljádka)
• колядува́ти (koljaduváty)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “коляда́”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “коляда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “коляда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN