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- Ukrainian · borrowed fromдіду́х
- English todaydidukh
Borrowed from Ukrainian діду́х (didúx), from дід (did, “grandfather”) + -ух (-ux, augmentative suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
didukh
Today it means: A Ukrainian decoration made from sheaves of wheat tied up with colorful ribbons, which is used in rituals around Christmas and Epiphany, and traditionally believed to contain ancestor spirits. Full definition →
Ukrainian діду́х