калач

Russian

Alternative forms

• кола́чъ (koláč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• кола́ч (koláč) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)

Etymology

From кола́ч (koláč) (through akanye), from Proto-Slavic *kolačь, a derivation of *kolo (“circle, wheel”). By surface analysis, колесо́ (kolesó) +‎ -ач (-ač). Cognate to Ukrainian кола́ч (koláč), Bulgarian кола́ч (koláč), Serbo-Croatian kòlač, Slovak koláč, Czech koláč, Polish kołacz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈɫat͡ɕ]
• Rhymes: -at͡ɕ

Noun

калач

кала́ч • (kaláč) m inan (genitive калача́, nominative plural калачи́, genitive plural калаче́й, relational adjective кала́чный, diminutive кала́чик)

1. kalach (traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or a wheel)

Declension

Declension of кала́ч (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кала́ч kaláč	калачи́ kalačí
genitive	калача́ kalačá	калаче́й kalačéj
dative	калачу́ kalačú	калача́м kalačám
accusative	кала́ч kaláč	калачи́ kalačí
instrumental	калачо́м kalačóm	калача́ми kalačámi
prepositional	калаче́ kalačé	калача́х kalačáx

Descendants

• → Kazakh: қалаш (qalaş, “kalach”)
• → Khakas: халас (xalas, “kalach, bread”)
• → Shor: қалаш (qalaş, “bread”)
• → Southern Altai: калаш (kalaš, “bread”)

See also

• кре́ндель (kréndelʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колач”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “калач”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN