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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae. Doublet of кале́нды (kaléndy).
Pronunciation
Noun
коляда́ • (koljadá) f anim (genitive коляды́, nominative plural коля́ды, genitive plural коля́д)
- (uncountable) an extinct Christmas folk tradition, featuring people going around singing Christmas carols and receiving gifts
- (dialectal, countable) Christmas Eve, Christmas or the Twelve Days of Christmas
- Synonyms: соче́льник (sočélʹnik); Рождество́ (Roždestvó, “Christmas”); свя́тки (svjátki, “the Twelve Days of Christmas”)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коляда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae. Doublet of кале́нди (kaléndy).
Pronunciation
Noun
коляда́ • (koljadá) f inan (genitive коляди́, uncountable)
- (uncountable) koliada, a Christmas folk tradition, common in Ukraine, featuring people going around singing Christmas carols and receiving gifts
- a carol sung as a part of this tradition
- a gift received as a part of this tradition
Declension
Declension of коляда́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
Derived terms
References
- 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