"volkhv" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvoʊlxəv/ Forms: volkhvs [plural]
Etymology: From Russian волхв (volxv), and from Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|волхв}} Russian волхв (volxv), {{bor|en|orv|вълхвъ}} Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} volkhv (plural volkhvs)
  1. (historical, paganism) A pre-Christian priest from Slavic cultures. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Paganism, Slavic paganism
    Sense id: en-volkhv-en-noun-LUNgsl08 Disambiguation of Slavic paganism: 46 54 Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
  2. (religion, paganism) A priest from Slavic neopaganism. Categories (topical): Paganism, Religion, Slavic paganism
    Sense id: en-volkhv-en-noun-ims6Qs0u Disambiguation of Slavic paganism: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 29 71 Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: volhv Related terms: vedunya, zhrets, zhritsa Translations (Slavic high priest): влъхва (vlǎhva) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vlchvec [masculine] (Czech), vlchvice [feminine] (Czech), wołchw [masculine] (Polish), волхв (volxv) [masculine] (Russian), volh [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), volh [masculine] (Slovene), волхв (volxv) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'Slavic high priest': 50 50

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Russian волхв (volxv), and from Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ).",
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      "ipa": "/ˈvoʊlxəv/"
    }
  ],
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    }
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      "roman": "vlǎhva",
      "sense": "Slavic high priest",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      ],
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      "word": "волхв"
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      ],
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    }
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      "sense": "Slavic high priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "влъхва"
    },
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
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}

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