колдунья

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Noun

колду́нья (koldúnʹjaf anim (genitive колду́ньи, nominative plural колду́ньи, genitive plural колду́ний, masculine колду́н)

  1. female equivalent of колду́н (koldún): enchantress, lamia, sibyl, sorceress, witch (person who uses magic)
    Synonyms: волше́бница (volšébnica), ворожея́ (vorožejá), чароде́йка (čarodéjka), ве́дьма (védʹma)
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 19”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      У пе́рвой избы́ стоя́ли два мужика́ в ша́пках и брани́лись. «Больша́я ты свинья́, — говори́л оди́н друго́му, — а ху́же ма́лого поросёнка». — «А твоя́ жена́ — колду́нья», — возража́л друго́й.
      U pérvoj izbý stojáli dva mužiká v šápkax i branílisʹ. «Bolʹšája ty svinʹjá, — govoríl odín drugómu, — a xúže málovo porosjónka». — «A tvojá žená — koldúnʹja», — vozražál drugój.
      Two peasants with their hats on stood near the first hut swearing at each other. "You're a great swine," said one, "you're worse than a little sucking pig." "And your wife's a witch," retorted the other.

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