ворожіння

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ukrainian ворожѣньє (vorožinʹje).[1] By surface analysis, ворож(и́ти) (vorož(ýty)) +‎ -і́ння (-ínnja). Compare Russian вороже́ние (vorožénije).

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Noun

ворожі́ння (vorožínnjan inan (genitive ворожі́ння, nominative plural ворожі́ння, genitive plural ворожі́нь)

  1. verbal noun of ворожи́ти impf (vorožýty):
    1. fortune-telling, divination
      Synonym: ворожба́ f (vorožbá)
    2. spellcasting

Declension

References

  1. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “ворожѣньє”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 232

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