ковдра

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Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

From early ко́лдра (kóldra) with labiovelarization -old- > -oŭd- > -ovd-, borrowed from Middle Polish kołdra, from Italian coltre. First attested in the early 1500s, and later exactly from 1571.

Noun

ко́вдра (kóvdraf inan

  1. blanket, coverlet
  2. bedlinen
  3. bedsheet, sheet

Descendants

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “колдра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 190
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ковдра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 407
  • Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “колдра”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 173
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “ковдра”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 370

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́вдра (kóvdra).

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Noun

ко́вдра (kóvdraf inan (genitive ко́вдри, nominative plural ко́вдри, genitive plural ковдр, diminutive ко́вдрочка)

  1. cover, blanket
    Synonyms: одія́ло (odijálo), (cover) покрива́ло (pokryválo)

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