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Russian
Etymology
Combining form of де́ять (déjatʹ, “to do”), Inherited from Old East Slavic дѣꙗти (dějati), from Proto-Slavic *dějati, an extension of Proto-Slavic *děti (“to do, to say”) (whence деть (detʹ)), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dḗˀtei, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do”).
Suffix
-де́й • (-déj)
- Suffix added to stems to show that it does something; a doer.
- ча́ры (čáry, “magic”) + -дей (-dej) → чароде́й (čarodéj, “magician, sorcerer”)
- ли́хо (líxo, “evil”) + -дей (-dej) → лиходе́й (lixodéj, “evildoer”) (poetic)
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