ведьма

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣдьма (vědĭma), from Proto-Slavic *vědьma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲedʲmə]
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Noun

ве́дьма • (védʹma) f anim (genitive ве́дьмы, nominative plural ве́дьмы, genitive plural ведьм)

  1. witch
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) hag, shrew, beldam, harridan, vixen
  3. Old Maid (card game)

Declension
Declension of ве́дьма (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ве́дьма
védʹma		 ве́дьмы
védʹmy
genitive ве́дьмы
védʹmy		 ве́дьм
védʹm
dative ве́дьме
védʹme		 ве́дьмам
védʹmam
accusative ве́дьму
védʹmu		 ве́дьм
védʹm
instrumental ве́дьмой, ве́дьмою
védʹmoj, védʹmoju		 ве́дьмами
védʹmami
prepositional ве́дьме
védʹme		 ве́дьмах
védʹmax

Derived terms

See also

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ведьма”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “ведьма”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN
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