кудесникъ

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Archaic s-stem noun, continuing Proto-Balto-Slavic *kjáudas, from Proto-Indo-European *kéwdos. A possible cognate is Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈdɛsnikʊ//kuˈdʲɛsnʲikʊ//kuˈdʲɛsnʲik/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈdɛsnikʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈdʲɛsnʲikʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈdʲɛsnʲik/

Noun

кудесникъ (kudesnikŭm

  1. wizard, mage
    • from the Hypatian Codex:
      въпрошалъ волъхвовъ кудесникъ
      vŭprošalŭ volŭxvovŭ kudesnikŭ
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    Synonyms: вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ), обавьникъ (obavĭnikŭ)

Descendants

  • Russian: куде́сник (kudésnik)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кудесникъ”, 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 1357