каникулы

Russian

Etymology

From the Latin Canicula, meaning "small dog", an alternative name of the star Sirius, which from the 24th of July to the 24th of August rises and sets at the same time as the sun, thus concerning this summer period. See dog days for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈnʲikʊɫɨ]

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Noun

кани́кулы • (kaníkuly) f inan pl (genitive кани́кул, plural only, relational adjective каникуля́рный or кани́кульный)

1. (school, university, parliament) vacation (U.S.), holiday (UK)

Declension

Declension of кани́кулы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	кани́кулы kaníkuly
genitive	кани́кул kaníkul
dative	кани́кулам kaníkulam
accusative	кани́кулы kaníkuly
instrumental	кани́кулами kaníkulami
prepositional	кани́кулах kaníkulax

Related terms

Related via Latin canis:

• кана́лья m anim or f anim (kanálʹja)

Descendants

• → Yakut: каникул (kanikul)

See also

• о́тпуск (ótpusk)
• Си́риус (Sírius)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “каникула”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.