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Ukrainian
Etymology
From ворожи́ти (vorožýty) + -ка (-ka). Compare Belarusian варо́жка (varóžka), Polish wróżka.
Pronunciation
Noun
воро́жка • (voróžka) f pers (genitive воро́жки, nominative plural воро́жки, genitive plural воро́жок)
- (female) fortune-teller, seer, soothsayer
- Synonym: ворожби́тка f (vorožbýtka)
- healer, folk healer, wise woman
- Synonym: зна́харка f (znáxarka)
Declension
Declension of воро́жка (pers hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ворожка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “ворожка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ворожка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ворожка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “ворожка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “ворожка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “ворожка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)