Масленица
See also: масленица
Russian
Горящая Масленица
Alternative forms
- ма́сленица (máslenica) – the festival, not the effigy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maslěnica, from *maslěnъjь + *-ica, from *maslo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmas⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪnʲɪt͡sə]
Proper noun
Ма́сленица • (Máslenica) f inan (genitive Ма́сленицы)
- Maslenitsa, Shrovetide, Butter Week, Crepe Week (the week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter)
- Lady Maslenitsa (a straw effigy burned on the last day of the Maslenitsa week)
Declension
Declension of Ма́сленица (inan sg-only fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ма́сленица Máslenica |
| genitive | Ма́сленицы Máslenicy |
| dative | Ма́сленице Máslenice |
| accusative | Ма́сленицу Máslenicu |
| instrumental | Ма́сленицей, Ма́сленицею Máslenicej, Másleniceju |
| prepositional | Ма́сленице Máslenice |
Descendants
- → Ingrian: Maslitsa
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maslěnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223