cârneleagă

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *carnem ligat (literally “ties the meat”). Akin to Aromanian cãrleagã. Compare similar formations in carnival, Italian carnevale from *carnem levāre, Old Italian carasciale from *carnem laxāre, and Spanish carnestolendas (“three days preceding the beginning of Lent”) from *carnis tollendus.

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Noun

cârneleagă f (plural cârnelegi)

1. (Orthodox Christianity, often plural) the last but one or penultimate week of Advent fast, in which Christians can eat meat on Wednesdays and Fridays

Related terms

• câșlegi
• carne
• lega

See also

• ajun
• păresimi
• post