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Korochun
''Koročun'' or ''Kračun'' (see other variants below) is one of the names of Slavic pagan holiday Koliada. In modern usage, it may refer to the winter solstice in certain Eastern European languages, and also to the holiday of Christmas. Names and etymology *Belarusian: Карачун, ''Karačun''; * bg, Крачон, ''Kračon'' or Крачунек, ''Kračunek'' * cz, Kračun; * mk, Крачун, ''Kračun''; *Old Russian: , ''Koročunŭ''; *russian: Корочун, ''Koročun'' or Карачун, ''Karačun''; * Ruthenian: К(е)речун, ''K(e)rečun'' or Ґ(е)речун, ''G(e)rečun''; * sr, Крачун, ''Kračun''; * sk, Kračún; * hu, Karácsony; * ro, Crăciun. Max Vasmer derived the name of the holiday from the Proto-Slavic ''*korčunŭ'', which is in turn derived from the verb ''*korčati'', meaning ''to step forward''. Gustav Weigand, and Alexandru Philippide offer a similar Slavic etymology, based on ''kratŭkŭ'' (''curt'', ''short'') or ''kračati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korochun
''Koročun'' or ''Kračun'' (see other variants below) is one of the names of Slavic pagan holiday Koliada. In modern usage, it may refer to the winter solstice in certain Eastern European languages, and also to the holiday of Christmas. Names and etymology *Belarusian: Карачун, ''Karačun''; * bg, Крачон, ''Kračon'' or Крачунек, ''Kračunek'' * cz, Kračun; * mk, Крачун, ''Kračun''; *Old Russian: , ''Koročunŭ''; *russian: Корочун, ''Koročun'' or Карачун, ''Karačun''; * Ruthenian: К(е)речун, ''K(e)rečun'' or Ґ(е)речун, ''G(e)rečun''; * sr, Крачун, ''Kračun''; * sk, Kračún; * hu, Karácsony; * ro, Crăciun. Max Vasmer derived the name of the holiday from the Proto-Slavic ''*korčunŭ'', which is in turn derived from the verb ''*korčati'', meaning ''to step forward''. Gustav Weigand, and Alexandru Philippide offer a similar Slavic etymology, based on ''kratŭkŭ'' (''curt'', ''short'') or ''kračati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koleda
Koliada or koleda (Cyrillic: коляда, коледа, колада, коледе) is the traditional Slavic name for the period from Christmas to Epiphany or, more generally, to Slavic Christmas-related rituals, some dating to pre-Christian times. It represents a festival or holiday, celebrated at the end of December to honor the sun during the winter solstice. It also involves groups of singers who visit houses to sing carols. Terminology The word is still used in modern Ukrainian ("Коляда", Koliadá), Belarusian (''Каляда'', Kalada, Kaliada), Polish (Szczodre Gody ''kolęda'' ), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian (''Коледа, Коледе, koleda, kolenda''), Lithuanian (''Kalėdos, Kalėda''), Czech, Slovak, Slovene (''koleda'') and Romanian (''Colindă''). The word used in Old Church Slavonic language (Колѧда - Kolęnda) sounds closest to the current Polish language pronunciation, as Polish is one of two Slavic languages which retains the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |