See also: Kolovrat

English

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Two variants of the kolovrat symbol.

Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ. In historical records, similar symbols were recorded as ладинец (ladinec) in Russian or słoneczko in Polish.

This spelling was influenced by Russian коловра́т (kolovrát), the more well-known form of the symbol invented by the neo-pagan leader Alexey Dobrovolsky in the 1990s.

Noun

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kolovrat (plural kolovrats)

  1. (paganism, politics, fascism, nationalism) An eight-spoked swastika used by Slavic neopagan, fascist, and nationalist groups.
    • 2009, George McKay, Michael Goddard, Christopher Williams, Neil Foxlee, editors, Subcultures and New Religious Movements in Russia and East-Central Europe, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 284:
      In contrast, Krasnodar respondents were keen to differentiate between the kolovrat and the swastika, while recognizing the symbolic connections between them: []

Translations

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech kolovrat, from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kolovrat m inan (diminutive kolovrátek)

  1. spinning wheel (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle)

Declension

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Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ; equivalent to kolo (wheel) +‎ vrat (neck).

Noun

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kȍlovrȃt m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ловра̑т)

  1. spinning wheel
  2. whirlpool

Declension

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Declension of kolovrat
singular plural
nominative kolovrat kolovrati
genitive kolovrata kolovrata
dative kolovratu kolovratima
accusative kolovrat kolovrate
vocative kolovrate kolovrati
locative kolovratu kolovratima
instrumental kolovratom kolovratima

Adverb

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kȍlovrȃt (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ловра̑т)

  1. precipitously, head over heels

References

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  • kolovrat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Pero Budmani, editor (1898–1903), “kȍlovrȃt”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 216

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak kolovrat, from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kolovrat m inan (diminutive kolovrátok)

  1. spinning wheel

Declension

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Declension of kolovrat
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativekolovratkolovraty
genitivekolovratukolovratov
dativekolovratukolovratom
accusativekolovratkolovraty
locativekolovratekolovratoch
instrumentalkolovratomkolovratmi

Further reading

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  • kolovrat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025