каравай

Russian

Alternative forms

• корова́й (korováj) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• корова́й (korováj) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic короваи (korovai), from Proto-Slavic *korvajь. Cognate with Ukrainian корова́й (korováj), Bulgarian крава́й (kraváj), Serbo-Croatian кра̀ва̄ј (“type of cake fed to the bride and groom”) (genitive крава́ја), Slovene kravȃj, krávaj. Per Vasmer, probably related to коро́ва (koróva, “cow, also dialectally bride”); originally thought to have been a wedding gift that was intended to induce fertility.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kərɐˈvaj]
• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

карава́й • (karaváj) m inan (genitive карава́я, nominative plural карава́и, genitive plural карава́ев)

1. korovai (large, single-piece round or rectangular loaf of bread, elaborately decorated and served at a wedding)

Declension

Declension of карава́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	карава́й karaváj	карава́и karavái
genitive	карава́я karavája	карава́ев karavájev
dative	карава́ю karaváju	карава́ям karavájam
accusative	карава́й karaváj	карава́и karavái
instrumental	карава́ем karavájem	карава́ями karavájami
prepositional	карава́е karaváje	карава́ях karavájax