ведьма

Russian

Alternative forms

вѣ́дьма (vě́dʹma) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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)

witch
(colloquial, derogatory) hag, shrew, beldam, harridan, vixen
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

ведьма́к (vedʹmák, “male witch”)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ведьма”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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