повитуха

пови́ть (povítʹ) +‎ -уха (-uxa), по- (po-) +‎ вить (vitʹ, “to wind, to twist, to weave”) +‎ -уха (-uxa).

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повиту́ха • (povitúxa) f anim (genitive повиту́хи, nominative plural повиту́хи, genitive plural повиту́х)

1. midwife (woman who assists other women in childbirth)

   Synonyms: повивальная ба́бка (povivalʹnaja bábka), акуше́рка (akušérka)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “повитуха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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повиту́ха • (povytúxa) f pers (genitive повиту́хи, nominative plural повиту́хи, genitive plural повиту́х)

1. midwife (woman who assists other women in childbirth)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “повитуха”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN