-дей

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See also: дей, дэи, and дэй

Russian

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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)

  1. 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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