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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic кудесъ (kudesŭ, “magic, sorcery”), from Proto-Slavic *kudo.
Pronunciation
Noun
куде́са • (kudésa) f inan (genitive куде́сы, uncountable)
- (obsolete) sorcery, fortune-telling
Declension
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кудес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (2000), “кудес, кудеса”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 11, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 65