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Noun [Asturian]

Forms: bruxes [plural]
Head templates: {{head|ast|noun|||||plural|bruxes|f3accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=}} bruxa f (plural bruxes), {{ast-noun|f|bruxes}} bruxa f (plural bruxes)
  1. witch (person who uses magic) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bruxa-ast-noun-llB9Jy0a Categories (other): Asturian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 39 2 1 1 30 24 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 1 0 0 36 28 2 0 0

Noun [Galician]

IPA: [ˈbɾuʃɐ] Forms: bruxas [plural], bruxo [masculine], bruxos [masculine, plural]
Etymology: Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)) Etymology templates: {{unc|gl}} Uncertain, {{der|gl|xib|-}} Iberian, {{der|gl|xce|*bruxtia}} Celtiberian *bruxtia, {{cog|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{cog|mwl|-}} Mirandese, {{cog|an|-}} Aragonese, {{cog|ast|bruxa}} Asturian bruxa, {{cog|es|bruja}} Spanish bruja, {{cog|ca|bruixa}} Catalan bruixa, {{cog|oc|bruèissa}} Occitan bruèissa, {{der|gl|cel-pro|*brixtā|t=spell, magic}} Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”), {{cog|sga|bricht|t=charm}} Old Irish bricht (“charm”), {{cog|obt|brith|t=magic}} Old Breton brith (“magic”) Head templates: {{gl-noun|f|m=bruxo}} bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)
  1. witch, hex Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bruxa-gl-noun-EewtOzNa Synonyms: meiga, feiticeira, saga, antaruxa, xugota, distria, sursuncorda, bencedeira, nubeira, chamorra, croucha, lurpia, lumia
  2. (rare) demon, spirit; enchantment Tags: feminine, rare
    Sense id: en-bruxa-gl-noun-IoBL0mWI
  3. ratfish Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bruxa-gl-noun-ULyeRPO~
  4. brittle star Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bruxa-gl-noun-S06-tUlm Categories (other): Pages with entries, Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 1 0 0 36 28 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bruxaria, bruxedo

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} bruxa
  1. inflection of bruxare:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: bruxare
    Sense id: en-bruxa-it-verb-9SSyzpaY Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 1 0 0 36 28 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. inflection of bruxare:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: bruxare
    Sense id: en-bruxa-it-verb-FQoV7QtJ

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/ Forms: bruxas [plural], bruxo [masculine], bruxos [masculine, plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”). Etymology templates: {{unc|pt}} Uncertain, {{der|pt|xib|-}} Iberian, {{der|pt|xce|*bruxtia}} Celtiberian *bruxtia, {{cog|gl,mwl,an,ast|bruxa}} Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa, {{cog|es|bruja}} Spanish bruja, {{cog|ca|bruixa}} Catalan bruixa, {{cog|oc|bruèissa}} Occitan bruèissa, {{der|pt|cel-pro|*brixtā|t=spell, magic}} Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”), {{cog|sga|bricht|t=charm}} Old Irish bricht (“charm”), {{cog|obt|brith|t=magic}} Old Breton brith (“magic”), {{der|pt|cel|-}} Celtic, {{m+|sga|Brigit|lit=high, exalted}} Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|m=+}} bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)
  1. witch Tags: feminine Synonyms: estria, feiticeira
    Sense id: en-bruxa-pt-noun-4YIwmPQu Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. an evil woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bruxa-pt-noun-8np-h96h Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bruxaria, vassoura-de-bruxa

Inflected forms

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      "form": "bruxes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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          "witch#English"
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      "expansion": "Spanish bruja",
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          "english": "I, who am not a sorceress, nor have I though of being one, nor a witch nor a hex, nor Devil's business",
          "ref": "1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:",
          "text": "eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demo",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "english": "Witches, spells and hexes,\nwho are prosecuted by the Inquisition,\nmaskless, hoaxes\nof priests and friars are.\nThey call hex an old lady\nbecause her face is made of cardboard;\nbut there are witches\njust where it is Inquisition.\nFemales of our species,\nof certain constitution,\nmake gestures, and are mad,\nbut sorceresses they are not.",
          "ref": "1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:",
          "text": "Meigas, feitizos e bruxas\nque persigue a Inquisicion,\nsin mascara, socaliñas\nde cregos e frades son.\nChamanlles bruxas à ás vellas\npor ter cara de carton;\npero solamente hay meygas\nen donde hay Inquisicion.\nAs femias da nosa especie\nde certa constitucion\nfan visaxes, e son tolas,\npero feitizeiras non.",
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          "word": "meiga"
        },
        {
          "word": "feiticeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "saga"
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        {
          "word": "antaruxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "xugota"
        },
        {
          "word": "distria"
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        {
          "word": "sursuncorda"
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        {
          "word": "bencedeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "nubeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "chamorra"
        },
        {
          "word": "croucha"
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        {
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          "word": "lumia"
        }
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) demon, spirit; enchantment"
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      "links": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɾuʃɐ]"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Italian",
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        {
          "word": "feiticeira"
        }
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      ]
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  "lang": "Asturian",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Asturian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Asturian feminine nouns",
        "Asturian lemmas",
        "Asturian nouns",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "witch (person who uses magic)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witch",
          "witch#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bruxa"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Galician countable nouns",
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician feminine nouns",
    "Galician lemmas",
    "Galician nouns",
    "Galician terms derived from Celtiberian",
    "Galician terms derived from Iberian",
    "Galician terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Galician terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bruxaria"
    },
    {
      "word": "bruxedo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "xib",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Iberian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "xce",
        "3": "*bruxtia"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtiberian *bruxtia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwl",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Mirandese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "an",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Aragonese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ast",
        "2": "bruxa"
      },
      "expansion": "Asturian bruxa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "bruja"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish bruja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "bruixa"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan bruixa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "bruèissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan bruèissa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*brixtā",
        "t": "spell, magic"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "bricht",
        "t": "charm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish bricht (“charm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obt",
        "2": "brith",
        "t": "magic"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Breton brith (“magic”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”))",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bruxas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bruxo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bruxos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "m": "bruxo"
      },
      "expansion": "bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Galician terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I, who am not a sorceress, nor have I though of being one, nor a witch nor a hex, nor Devil's business",
          "ref": "1746, Martín Sarmiento, Coloquio de 24 gallegos rústicos, page 144:",
          "text": "eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demo",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Witches, spells and hexes,\nwho are prosecuted by the Inquisition,\nmaskless, hoaxes\nof priests and friars are.\nThey call hex an old lady\nbecause her face is made of cardboard;\nbut there are witches\njust where it is Inquisition.\nFemales of our species,\nof certain constitution,\nmake gestures, and are mad,\nbut sorceresses they are not.",
          "ref": "1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos dun galego:",
          "text": "Meigas, feitizos e bruxas\nque persigue a Inquisicion,\nsin mascara, socaliñas\nde cregos e frades son.\nChamanlles bruxas à ás vellas\npor ter cara de carton;\npero solamente hay meygas\nen donde hay Inquisicion.\nAs femias da nosa especie\nde certa constitucion\nfan visaxes, e son tolas,\npero feitizeiras non.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "witch, hex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "hex",
          "hex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meiga"
        },
        {
          "word": "feiticeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "saga"
        },
        {
          "word": "antaruxa"
        },
        {
          "word": "xugota"
        },
        {
          "word": "distria"
        },
        {
          "word": "sursuncorda"
        },
        {
          "word": "bencedeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "nubeira"
        },
        {
          "word": "chamorra"
        },
        {
          "word": "croucha"
        },
        {
          "word": "lurpia"
        },
        {
          "word": "lumia"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Galician terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "demon, spirit; enchantment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "enchantment",
          "enchantment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) demon, spirit; enchantment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ratfish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ratfish",
          "ratfish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brittle star"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brittle star",
          "brittle star"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɾuʃɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bruxa"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian terms spelled with X",
    "Italian verb forms",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "bruxa",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bruxare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of bruxare:",
        "third-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bruxare",
          "bruxare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "bruxare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of bruxare:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bruxare",
          "bruxare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bruxa"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Celtiberian",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Celtic languages",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Iberian",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bruxaria"
    },
    {
      "word": "vassoura-de-bruxa"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kea",
            "2": "bruxa"
          },
          "expansion": "Kabuverdianu: bruxa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kabuverdianu: bruxa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "xib",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Iberian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "xce",
        "3": "*bruxtia"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtiberian *bruxtia",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl,mwl,an,ast",
        "2": "bruxa"
      },
      "expansion": "Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "bruja"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish bruja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "bruixa"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan bruixa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "bruèissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan bruèissa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*brixtā",
        "t": "spell, magic"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "bricht",
        "t": "charm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish bricht (“charm”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obt",
        "2": "brith",
        "t": "magic"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Breton brith (“magic”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cel",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Celtic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "Brigit",
        "lit": "high, exalted"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bruxas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bruxo",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bruxos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "m": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bru‧xa"
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "witch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "estria"
        },
        {
          "word": "feiticeira"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an evil woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bruxa"
}

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