вълхвъ

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Old East Slavic

Oleg meets the volkhv. Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ) and Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, to stutter), referring to the trances the priests used in their ceremonies. Cognate with Old Czech vlchvec. Polish wołchw, Slovene volh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋʊlxʋʊ//ˈʋʊlxʋʊ//ˈʋɔlxʋ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋʊlxʋʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋʊlxʋʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋɔlxʋ/

Noun

вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭm

  1. wizard, mage

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Russian: волхв (volxv)
  • Ukrainian: волхв (volxv)
  • Finnish: velho
  • Estonian: võlu

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вълхвъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 382