колдовать

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Russian

Etymology

Vasmer derives this word from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to call), cf. Latvian kalada (noise, quarrel). He rejects connections to Hungarian koldulni (to beg) and Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos, Chaldaen), otherwise surfacing in Russian as халде́й (xaldéj, Chaldean; soothsayer), although the latter is very widespread, e.g. Ge'ez ከላዴዎን (käladewon, magician), and the Russian word family is not even attested before the 16th century, occasional Ukrainian relatives being borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

Verb

колдова́ть (koldovátʹimpf

  1. to conjure, to practise witchcraft
  2. (figuratively) to concoct

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References

  • Filin, F. P., editor (1980), “колдовати”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. (in Russian), issue 7 (к – крагуярь), Moscow: Nauka, page 232
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “колдовать”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka (hardly even found in Ukrainian except after Russian колдо́вина (koldóvyna))
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “колдовать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress