колдовать

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

  • IPA(key): [kəɫdɐˈvatʲ]

Verb

колдова́ть • (koldovátʹ) impf

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs
  • заколдова́ть pf (zakoldovátʹ), заколдо́вывать impf (zakoldóvyvatʹ)
  • наколдова́ть pf (nakoldovátʹ), наколдо́вывать impf (nakoldóvyvatʹ)
  • околдова́ть pf (okoldovátʹ), околдо́вывать impf (okoldóvyvatʹ)
  • поколдова́ть pf (pokoldovátʹ)
  • приколдова́ть pf (prikoldovátʹ), приколдо́вывать impf (prikoldóvyvatʹ)
  • расколдова́ть pf (raskoldovátʹ), расколдо́вывать impf (raskoldóvyvatʹ)

References

  • Filin, F. P., editor (1980), “колдовати”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), numbers 7 (к – крагуярь), Moscow: Nauka, page 232
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “колдовать”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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