калач

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From кола́ч (koláč) (through akanye), from Proto-Slavic *kolačь, a derivation of *kolo (“circle, wheel”). By surface analysis, колесо́ (kolesó) +‎ -ач (-ač). Cognate to Ukrainian кола́ч (koláč), Bulgarian кола́ч (koláč), Serbo-Croatian kòlač, Slovak koláč, Czech koláč, Polish kołacz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈɫat͡ɕ]
  • Rhymes: -at͡ɕ

Noun
калач

кала́ч • (kaláč) m inan (genitive калача́, nominative plural калачи́, genitive plural калаче́й, relational adjective кала́чный, diminutive кала́чик)

  1. kalach (traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or a wheel)

Declension
Declension of кала́ч (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative кала́ч
kaláč		 калачи́
kalačí
genitive калача́
kalačá		 калаче́й
kalačéj
dative калачу́
kalačú		 калача́м
kalačám
accusative кала́ч
kaláč		 калачи́
kalačí
instrumental калачо́м
kalačóm		 калача́ми
kalačámi
prepositional калаче́
kalačé		 калача́х
kalačáx

Descendants
  • → Kazakh: қалаш (qalaş, “kalach”)
  • → Khakas: халас (xalas, “kalach, bread”)
  • → Shor: қалаш (qalaş, “bread”)
  • → Southern Altai: калаш (kalaš, “bread”)

See also

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “колач”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “калач”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN
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