Коледа
Bulgarian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae (“first day of the month”). Originally referring to a pagan winter festival, where carollers (typically men or children) visit households and wish the hosts an abundant and healthy incoming year.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editКо́леда • (Kóleda) f (relational adjective ко́леден)
- (obsolete) carolling
- Synonyms: коледу́ване (koledúvane), (dialectal) кола́дство (koládstvo)
- Christmas
- Synonyms: Рождество́ Христо́во (Roždestvó Hristóvo), Божик (Božik)
- на Ко́леда ― na Kóleda ― at Christmas
- по Ко́леда ― po Kóleda ― at Christmastide
- су́ха/ма́лка Ко́леда ― súha/málka Kóleda ― the day before Christmas
- Ве́села Ко́леда ― Vésela Kóleda ― Merry Christmas
- Дя́до Ко́леда ― Djádo Kóleda ― Father Christmas, Santa Claus
Declension
editDeclension of Ко́леда
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- коледу́вам (koledúvam, “to carol”)
- коледа́р (koledár), колежда́нин (koleždánin), колежда́нец (koleždánec, “caroller”)
- ко́ледница (kólednica, “carol, Christmas song”)
Related terms
edit- календа́р (kalendár, “calendar”) (later loanword)
See also
edit- Бъдни вечер (Bǎdni večer, “Christmas Eve”)
- Сурва (Surva, “New Year”)
- Мръсни дни (Mrǎsni dni, “dirty days"”), Некръстени дни (Nekrǎsteni dni, “unbaptized days”) (period between Christmas and Baptism of Jesus's day)
- Колог (Kolog), Коложег (Koložeg) (archaic name of December)
References
edit- “Коледа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “Коледа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коледа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 551
- колѧда in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
Anagrams
edit- далеко (daleko)
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