вълхвъ

Old East Slavic
Oleg meets the volkhv. Painting by Viktor Vasnetsov.

Alternative forms
  • волхвъ (volxvŭ), волъхвъ (volŭxvŭ), вълъхвъ (vŭlŭxvŭ)

Etymology

Related to Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ) and Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”), referring to the trances the priests used in their ceremonies. Cognate with Old Czech vlchvec. Polish wołchw, Slovene volh

Pronunciation
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋʊlxʋʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋʊlxʋʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʋɔlxʋ/

Noun

вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ) m

  1. wizard, mage

Declension
Declension of вълхвъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative вълхвъ
vŭlxvŭ		 вълхва
vŭlxva		 вълхви
vŭlxvi
Genitive вълхва
vŭlxva		 вълхву
vŭlxvu		 вълхвъ
vŭlxvŭ
Dative вълхву
vŭlxvu		 вълхвома
vŭlxvoma		 вълхвомъ
vŭlxvomŭ
Accusative вълхвъ
vŭlxvŭ		 вълхва
vŭlxva		 вълхвꙑ
vŭlxvy
Instrumental вълхвъмь
vŭlxvŭmĭ		 вълхвома
vŭlxvoma		 вълхвꙑ
vŭlxvy
Locative вълхвѣ
vŭlxvě		 вълхву
vŭlxvu		 вълхвѣхъ
vŭlxvěxŭ
Vocative вълхве
vŭlxve		 вълхва
vŭlxva		 вълхви
vŭlxvi

Synonyms
  • вълхва (vŭlxva)
  • вълхвованиѥ (vŭlxvovanije)
  • вълхвовати (vŭlxvovati)

Descendants
  • Russian: волхв (volxv)
  • Ukrainian: волхв (volxv)
  • → Finnish: velho
  • → Estonian: võlu

References
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “вълхвъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 382
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