"волхв" meaning in Russian

See волхв in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [voɫxf] Audio: Ru-волхв.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ), from Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”), referring to the trances the priests used in their ceremonies. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ru|cu|влъхвъ}} Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ), {{cog|cu|влъснѫти||to stutter}} Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|b|a=an}} волхв • (volxv) m anim (genitive волхва́, nominative plural волхвы́, genitive plural волхво́в) Forms: volxv [romanization], волхва́ [genitive], волхвы́ [nominative, plural], волхво́в [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], во́лхв [nominative, singular], волхвы́ [nominative, plural], волхва́ [genitive, singular], волхво́в [genitive, plural], волхву́ [dative, singular], волхва́м [dative, plural], волхва́ [accusative, singular], волхво́в [accusative, plural], волхво́м [instrumental, singular], волхва́ми [instrumental, plural], волхве́ [prepositional, singular], волхва́х [plural, prepositional], волхвъ [alternative]
  1. magus, mage
    Sense id: en-волхв-ru-noun-HlFO7fc3
  2. (paganism) a priest; a high priest.
    Sense id: en-волхв-ru-noun-W9~0iLQq Categories (other): Paganism, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern b, Slavic paganism Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 21 37 21 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 37 21 21 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 18 82 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern b: 36 64 Disambiguation of Slavic paganism: 10 90 Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: волше́бник (volšébnik), волше́бный (volšébnyj), волшебство́ (volšebstvó), видун (vidun), ведун (vedun) (english: intermediate-ranked priest in some neopagan Slavic groups), жрец (žrec) (english: pagan priest, Slavic pagan priest), колду́н (koldún), маг (mag), первосвященник (pervosvjaščennik) (english: high priest, other religions), фо́кусник (fókusnik), чароде́й (čarodéj)

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: volkhv",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: volkhv"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "fi",
            "2": "velho",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: velho",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: velho"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "wołchw",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: wołchw",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: wołchw"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "cu",
        "3": "влъхвъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "влъснѫти",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to stutter"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "volxv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхвы́",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́в",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "во́лхв",
      "roman": "vólxv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхвы́",
      "roman": "volxvý",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́",
      "roman": "volxvá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́в",
      "roman": "volxvóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхву́",
      "roman": "volxvú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́м",
      "roman": "volxvám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́",
      "roman": "volxvá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́в",
      "roman": "volxvóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́м",
      "roman": "volxvóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́ми",
      "roman": "volxvámi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхве́",
      "roman": "volxvé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́х",
      "roman": "volxváx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхвъ",
      "roman": "volxv",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "b",
        "a": "an"
      },
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      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "roman": "volšébnik",
      "word": "волше́бник"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "volšébnyj",
      "word": "волше́бный"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "volšebstvó",
      "word": "волшебство́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "vidun",
      "word": "видун"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "intermediate-ranked priest in some neopagan Slavic groups",
      "roman": "vedun",
      "word": "ведун"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pagan priest, Slavic pagan priest",
      "roman": "žrec",
      "word": "жрец"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "koldún",
      "word": "колду́н"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fókusnik",
      "word": "фо́кусник"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "чароде́й"
    }
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        "magus, mage"
      ],
      "id": "en-волхв-ru-noun-HlFO7fc3",
      "links": [
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          "magus",
          "magus"
        ],
        [
          "mage",
          "mage"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ru",
          "name": "Slavic paganism",
          "orig": "ru:Slavic paganism",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "a priest; a high priest."
      ],
      "id": "en-волхв-ru-noun-W9~0iLQq",
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "high priest",
          "high priest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(paganism) a priest; a high priest."
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[voɫxf]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-волхв.ogg",
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ru:Волхвы"
  ],
  "word": "волхв"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Russian 1-syllable words",
    "Russian animate nouns",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian hard-stem masculine-form accent-b nouns",
    "Russian hard-stem masculine-form nouns",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Russian nouns",
    "Russian nouns with accent pattern b",
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    "Russian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Russian terms with redundant head parameter",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: volkhv",
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: volkhv"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "2": "velho",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: velho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: velho"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "wołchw",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: wołchw",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: wołchw"
    }
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    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to stutter"
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      "form": "volxv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхвы́",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́в",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "во́лхв",
      "roman": "vólxv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхвы́",
      "roman": "volxvý",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́в",
      "roman": "volxvóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхву́",
      "roman": "volxvú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́м",
      "roman": "volxvám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́",
      "roman": "volxvá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́в",
      "roman": "volxvóv",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхво́м",
      "roman": "volxvóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́ми",
      "roman": "volxvámi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхве́",
      "roman": "volxvé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхва́х",
      "roman": "volxváx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "волхвъ",
      "roman": "volxv",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "a": "an"
      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "roman": "volšébnik",
      "word": "волше́бник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "volšébnyj",
      "word": "волше́бный"
    },
    {
      "roman": "volšebstvó",
      "word": "волшебство́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vidun",
      "word": "видун"
    },
    {
      "english": "intermediate-ranked priest in some neopagan Slavic groups",
      "roman": "vedun",
      "word": "ведун"
    },
    {
      "english": "pagan priest, Slavic pagan priest",
      "roman": "žrec",
      "word": "жрец"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koldún",
      "word": "колду́н"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mag",
      "word": "маг"
    },
    {
      "english": "high priest, other religions",
      "roman": "pervosvjaščennik",
      "word": "первосвященник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fókusnik",
      "word": "фо́кусник"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čarodéj",
      "word": "чароде́й"
    }
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        "magus, mage"
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          "magus"
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        [
          "mage",
          "mage"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a priest; a high priest."
      ],
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        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "high priest",
          "high priest"
        ]
      ],
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        "(paganism) a priest; a high priest."
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[voɫxf]"
    },
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ru:Волхвы"
  ],
  "word": "волхв"
}

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