"didukh" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: didukhs [plural], didukhy [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian діду́х (didúx, “grandfather spirit”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uk|діду́х||grandfather spirit}} Ukrainian діду́х (didúx, “grandfather spirit”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|didukhy}} didukh (plural didukhs or didukhy)
  1. A Ukrainian Christmas decoration representing an offering of the best of the harvest, and consisting of wheat ears or stalks tied up with colorful threads. Wikipedia link: didukh Categories (topical): Christmas Categories (place): Ukraine Synonyms: diduch Translations (a Ukrainian Christmas sheaf of wheat used in rituals around Christmas and Epiphany traditionally believed to contain ancestor spirits): дзіду́х (dzidúx) [masculine] (Belarusian), diduch [masculine] (Polish), диду́х (didúx) [masculine] (Russian), діду́х (didúx) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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