коливо

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolivo. Most likely from ко́ля (kólja, “to slaughter”) +‎ -иво (-ivo).

Sometimes viewed as another meaning of Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈlivo]

Noun

коли́во • (kolívo) n (obsolete)

1. animal intended for slaughter

Declension

Declension of коли́во

	singular	plural
indefinite	коли́во kolívo	колива́ kolivá
definite	коли́вото kolívoto	колива́та koliváta

Related terms

• заколе́ние (zakolénie, “slaugther”)

References

• Народни писмени материали, БАН

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek κόλλυβον (kóllyvon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔlivo]

Noun

ко́ливо • (kólivo) n

1. (dialectal, Eastern Orthodoxy) kollyva (ritual food)

   Synonym: ку́ча (kúča)

Declension

Declension of ко́ливо

	singular	plural
indefinite	ко́ливо kólivo	ко́лива kóliva
definite	ко́ливото kólivoto	ко́ливата kólivata

Alternative forms

• ко́лево (kólevo), ко́люво (kóljuvo) — dialectal

References

• “коливо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коливо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 556
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “*ко́ливо”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 387

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔlivɔ]

Noun

коливо • (kolivo) n (plural колива)

1. koliva

   Synonym: блудец (bludec)