коляда

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae. Doublet of кале́нды (kaléndy).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəlʲɪˈda]

Noun

коляда́ • (koljadá) f anim (genitive коляды́, nominative plural коля́ды, genitive plural коля́д)

  1. (uncountable) an extinct Christmas folk tradition, featuring people going around singing Christmas carols and receiving gifts
  2. (dialectal, countable) Christmas Eve, Christmas or the Twelve Days of Christmas

Declension
Declension of коляда́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 
singular plural
nominative коляда́
koljadá		 коля́ды
koljády
genitive коляды́
koljadý		 коля́д
koljád
dative коляде́
koljadé		 коля́дам
koljádam
accusative коляду́
koljadú		 коля́д
koljád
instrumental колядо́й, колядо́ю
koljadój, koljadóju		 коля́дами
koljádami
prepositional коляде́
koljadé		 коля́дах
koljádax

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References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “коляда”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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