kolovrat
See also: Kolovrat
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
kolovrat (plural kolovrats)
- (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 edit
Slavic pagan or nationalist symbol
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech kolovrat, from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kolovrat m inan (diminutive kolovrátek)
- spinning wheel (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle)
Declension edit
Declension of kolovrat (hard masculine inanimate)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kolovrat | kolovraty |
genitive | kolovratu | kolovratů |
dative | kolovratu | kolovratům |
accusative | kolovrat | kolovraty |
vocative | kolovrate | kolovraty |
locative | kolovratě, kolovratu | kolovratech |
instrumental | kolovratem | kolovraty |
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolovortъ; equivalent to kolo (“wheel”) + vrat (“neck”).
Noun edit
kȍlovrȃt m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ловра̑т)
Declension edit
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 edit
kȍlovrȃt (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ловра̑т)
References edit
- “kolovrat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903), “kȍlovrȃt”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 216