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kutia

kutia noun: a ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Christians during the Christmas – Feast of Jordan holiday season or as part of a funeral feast.

kutia: a ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians...
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Noun

kutia (uncountable)

  1. A ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Christians during the Christmas – Feast of Jordan holiday season or as part of a funeral feast.
    • He reached for a handful of kutia, the luscious sweet of boiled wheat, poppy seeds and honey.2003, Laura Langston, chapter 16, in Lesia’s Dream, Toronto, Ont.: HarperTrophyCanada, published 2005, →ISBN, page 189
    • Katya prepared a large batch of kutia, the ancient porridge of wheat and honey, to be served at the meal in the cultural center following the burial.2010, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, chapter 13, in The Silence of Trees: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Wolfsword Press, →ISBN, page 221

Examples of kutia in a sentence

  • Hefty bowls of kutia were passed around each table to start the traditional supper.2014 February 27 – March 12, Lidia M. Wasylyn, “Shchedry Vechir celebration a joyous success”, in Marco Levytsky, editor, Ukrainian News...
  • The waitress explained in detail about some of these items, like galushki, grenki, and something called kutia with rice and raisins.2015, Frank G Schafer, “The Garden of Eden”, in Sammy: Gaia Lives, →ISBN, page 221:

Forms of kutia

alternative formkutya

Origin of kutia

From Russian кутья (kutʹja) and Ukrainian кутя (kutja).

Questions about kutia

What does kutia mean?
Kutia means a ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Christians during the Christmas – Feast of Jordan holiday season or as part of a funeral feast.
How do you use kutia in a sentence?
Hefty bowls of kutia were passed around each table to start the traditional supper.
What part of speech is kutia?
Kutia is a noun.

Words near kutia in the dictionary

  1. Kutchins
  2. kutchinta
  3. Kutenai
  4. kuti
  5. kuti kuti
  6. kutia
  7. Kutina
  8. kutjera
  9. kutjeras
  10. Kutjevo
  11. kutki

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