кудесникъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• кудешьникъ (kudešĭnikŭ)

Etymology

Archaic s-stem noun, continuing Proto-Balto-Slavic *kjáudas, from Proto-Indo-European *kéwdos. A possible cognate is Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos).

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /kuˈdɛsnikʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /kuˈdʲɛsnʲikʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /kuˈdʲɛsnʲik/

Noun

кудесникъ (kudesnikŭ) m

1. wizard, mage
   • from the Hypatian Codex:

     въпрошалъ волъхвовъ кудесникъ

     vŭprošalŭ volŭxvovŭ kudesnikŭ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonyms: вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ), обавьникъ (obavĭnikŭ)

Related terms

• кудесы (kudesy)
• кудесьныи (kudesĭnyi)
• кудешениѥ (kudešenije)
• чудо (čudo)

 

Descendants

• Russian: куде́сник (kudésnik)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кудесникъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1357