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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, a borrowing from Latin kalendae.
Noun
колѧда • (kolęda) f
- calends (first day of a month)
- New Year
Declension
Declension of колѧда (hard a-stem)
Descendants
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- West Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Other:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коляда́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress