влъхвъ
Old Church Slavonic
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Etymology
[edit]From влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]влъхвъ • (vlŭxvŭ) m, feminine вѣдьма (vědĭma).
- wiseman, sage
- from the Codex Assemanius, 1020700-1020710:
- Тогда и́родъ таи́ призьвавъ вльх́въи · и́спꙑта ѿ ніхъ · врѣмѧ ѣ́вльшѧѩ́ сѧ ѕв́ѣздъі ·
- Togda írodŭ taí prizĭvavŭ vlĭx́vŷi · íspyta otŭ nixŭ · vrěmę jě́vlĭšęję́ sę dzv́jězdy ·
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- "Then Herod called the mage and drew out of him when the star was (came)" Matthew 2:7
- from the Codex Assemanius, 1020700-1020710:
- wizard, sorcerer, mage
- fortune teller, clairvoyant, magician
- (paganism) a priest
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | влъхвъ vlŭxvŭ |
влъхва vlŭxva |
влъхви vlŭxvi |
| genitive | влъхва vlŭxva |
влъхвоу vlŭxvu |
влъхвъ vlŭxvŭ |
| dative | влъхвоу, влъхвови vlŭxvu, vlŭxvovi |
влъхвома vlŭxvoma |
влъхвомъ vlŭxvomŭ |
| accusative | влъхвъ, влъхва vlŭxvŭ, vlŭxva |
влъхва vlŭxva |
влъхвꙑ vlŭxvy |
| instrumental | влъхвомъ vlŭxvomŭ |
влъхвома vlŭxvoma |
влъхвꙑ vlŭxvy |
| locative | влъхвѣ vlŭxvě |
влъхвоу vlŭxvu |
влъхвѣхъ vlŭxvěxŭ |
| vocative | влъхве vlŭxve |
влъхва vlŭxva |
влъхви vlŭxvi |
Notes: the alternative form влъсви (vlŭsvi) also exists for the nominative and vocative plural.
Derived terms
[edit]- влъхвование (vlŭxvovanije)
- влъхволюбие (vlŭxvoljubije)
- влъшьба (vlŭšĭba)
- влъшьствиѥ (vlŭšĭstvije)
- влъшьство (vlŭšĭstvo)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “влъхвъ”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
- Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка[1], София