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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ола́дьꙗ (oládĭja), further borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλάδιον (eládion), diminutive of ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive-oil”).
Compare Belarusian ала́дка (aládka), Ukrainian ола́док (oládok).
Pronunciation
Noun
ола́дья • (oládʹja) f inan (genitive ола́дьи, nominative plural ола́дьи, genitive plural ола́дий, diminutive ола́дик or ола́душек or ола́душка)
- thick pancake
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “оладья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress