коляда

Russian

Etymology

Inherited 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

   Synonyms: соче́льник (sočélʹnik); Рождество́ (Roždestvó, “Christmas”); свя́тки (svjátki, “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

Derived terms

• коля́дка (koljádka)
• колядова́ть (koljadovátʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коляда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae. Doublet of кале́нди (kaléndy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔlʲɐˈda]

• Audio:

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Noun

коляда́ • (koljadá) f inan (genitive коляди́, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) koliada, a Christmas folk tradition, common in Ukraine, featuring people going around singing Christmas carols and receiving gifts
   1. a carol sung as a part of this tradition
   2. a gift received as a part of this tradition

Declension

Declension of коляда́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	коляда́ koljadá
genitive	коляди́ koljadý
dative	коляді́ koljadí
accusative	коляду́ koljadú
instrumental	колядо́ю koljadóju
locative	коляді́ koljadí
vocative	коля́до koljádo

Derived terms

• коля́дка (koljádka)
• колядува́ти (koljaduváty)

References

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “коляда́”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “коляда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “коляда”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN