снадобье

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Russian

Etymology

From с- (s-) +‎ на́доба (nádoba) +‎ -ье (-ʹje). Compare dialectal снадобля́ть (snadobljátʹ, "to prepare, to provide with") and пона́добиться (ponádobitʹsja, to be needed, to come in handy).

Pronunciation

Noun

сна́добье (snádobʹjen inan (genitive сна́добья, nominative plural сна́добья, genitive plural сна́добий)

  1. drug, medicament, potion (a small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical)
    Synonyms: зе́лье (zélʹje), лека́рство (lekárstvo), сре́дство (srédstvo), эликси́р (eliksír)

Declension

References

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “снадоблять”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.