ковдра

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ко́лдра (kóldra)

Etymology

From early ко́лдра (kóldra) with labiovelarization -old- > -oŭd- > -ovd-, borrowed from Middle Polish kołdra, from Italian coltre. First attested in the early 1500s, and later exactly from 1571.

Noun

ко́вдра • (kóvdra) f inan

1. blanket, coverlet
2. bedlinen
3. bedsheet, sheet

Descendants

• Belarusian: ко́ўдра (kóŭdra); ко́лдра (kóldra) (archaic)
• Ukrainian: ко́вдра (kóvdra); ко́вдря (kóvdrja), ко́дра (kódra), ко́дря (kódrja) (dialectal); ко́лдра (kóldra) (archaic)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “колдра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 190
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ковдра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 407
• Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “колдра”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 173
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “ковдра”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 370

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́вдра (kóvdra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔu̯drɐ]

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Noun

ко́вдра • (kóvdra) f inan (genitive ко́вдри, nominative plural ко́вдри, genitive plural ковдр, diminutive ко́вдрочка)

1. cover, blanket

   Synonyms: одія́ло (odijálo), (cover) покрива́ло (pokryválo)

Declension

Declension of ко́вдра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ко́вдра kóvdra	ко́вдри kóvdry
genitive	ко́вдри kóvdry	ковдр kovdr
dative	ко́вдрі kóvdri	ко́вдрам kóvdram
accusative	ко́вдру kóvdru	ко́вдри kóvdry
instrumental	ко́вдрою kóvdroju	ко́вдрами kóvdramy
locative	ко́вдрі kóvdri	ко́вдрах kóvdrax
vocative	ко́вдро kóvdro	ко́вдри kóvdry

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ковдра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “ковдра”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “ковдра”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)