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Ukrainian
Etymology
Possibly reborrowing from Romanian pomană (“alms, charity”), which is from the same root as Ukrainian помина́ти (pomynáty, “to remember”). Compare Serbo-Croatian помана (“feast”) (attested among Serbo-Croatian minority speakers in Romania).
Pronunciation
Noun
пома́на • (pomána) f inan (genitive пома́ни, nominative plural пома́ни, genitive plural пома́н)
- (Bukovina, folklore) gifts given in memory of a deceased person. Often Easter breads such as ба́бка (bábka) (babka) and па́ска (páska) (paska) distributed to the congregants following Easter or про́води (próvody).
Declension
Declension of пома́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)