Kalėdos
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Kalė̃dų eglutė — Christmas tree
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Belarusian каля́ды (kaljády), from Proto-Slavic *kolęda.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kalė̃dos f pl stress pattern 2
- Christmas (a Christian festival, holiday / holyday)
- a. 1864, Simonas Daukantas, Būdas senovės lietuvių, kalnėnų ir žemaičių:
- Kalėdos lietuvių senoje kalboj rodo susitikimą senojo laiko su jaunuoju, beje, senų metų su jaunaisiais.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Kalė̃dos (plural-only)
| nominative | Kalė̃dos |
|---|---|
| genitive | Kalė̃dų |
| dative | Kalė̃doms |
| accusative | Kalėdàs |
| instrumental | Kalė̃domis |
| locative | Kalė̃dose |
| vocative | Kalė̃dos |
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kalėdà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 641
Further reading
- “Kalėdos”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “Kalėdos”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
Koleda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
