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 (vŭlxvŭ) m

  1. wizard, mage

Declension

Declension of вълхвъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative вълхвъ
vŭlxvŭ 		вълхва
vŭlxva 		вълхви
vŭlxvi
Genitive вълхва
vŭlxva 		вълхву
vŭlxvu 		вълхвъ
vŭlxvŭ
Dative вълхву
vŭlxvu 		вълхвома
vŭlxvoma 		вълхвомъ
vŭlxvomŭ
Accusative вълхвъ
vŭlxvŭ 		вълхва
vŭlxva 		вълхвꙑ
vŭlxvy
Instrumental вълхвъмь
vŭlxvŭmĭ 		вълхвома
vŭlxvoma 		вълхвꙑ
vŭlxvy
Locative вълхвѣ
vŭlxvě 		вълхву
vŭlxvu 		вълхвѣхъ
vŭlxvěxŭ
Vocative вълхве
vŭlxve 		вълхва
vŭlxva 		вълхви
vŭlxvi

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Russian: волхв (volxv)
  • Ukrainian: волхв (volxv)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *vëlho (see there for further descendants)

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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 382
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