Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic колѧда (kolęda), from Proto-Slavic *kolęda, itself from Latin kalendae, calendae. The Latin word probably left a lost or unattested Romanian word *cărinde (compare related word cărindar), which influenced or became crossed with the Slavic-derived version to make the variant form corindă.
colindă f (plural colinde)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) colindă | colinda | (niște) colinde | colindele |
| genitive/dative | (unei) colinde | colindei | (unor) colinde | colindelor |
| vocative | colindă, colindo | colindelor | ||