ведьма
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Russian
Alternative forms
- вѣ́дьма (vě́dʹma) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣдьма (vědĭma), from Proto-Slavic *vědьma.
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́дьма • (védʹma) f anim (genitive ве́дьмы, nominative plural ве́дьмы, genitive plural ведьм, relational adjective ве́дьмин, diminutive ве́дьмочка)
- witch
- (colloquial, derogatory) hag, shrew, beldam, harridan, vixen
- Old Maid (card game)
Declension
Declension of ве́дьма (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
- ведьма́к (vedʹmák, “male witch”)
Compounds:
- From ве́дьмин (védʹmin):
- ве́дьмин круг m (védʹmin krug)
Related terms
- ве́дать impf (védatʹ)
- ведовско́й (vedovskój), ведовство́ n (vedovstvó)
- веду́н m anim (vedún), веду́нья f anim (vedúnʹja)
See also
- Ба́ба-Яга́ f (Bába-Jagá)
- ве́щий (véščij)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ведьма”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ведьма”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 137
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ведать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.