Kalvraitag

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• Kalbraitag (Mezzaselva)

Etymology

From a variant of Middle High German karvrītac, from kar (“lamentation; mourning”) + vrītac (“Friday”). kar is from Old High German kara, chara, from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Germanic *karō (“lamentation; sorrow; care”). Compare German Karfreitag.

Noun

Kalvraitag m

1. (Sette Comuni) Good Friday

Declension

Declension of Kalvraitag – 1st declension

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	Kalvraitag
accusative	an	in	Kalvraitag
dative	aname	me	Kalvraitaaghe

Related terms

• kartag
• vraitag

Further reading

• “Kalvraitag” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo