чародей

See also: чародеи

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic чародѣи (čaroděi), from Proto-Slavic *čarodějь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɐroˈdɛj]

Noun

чароде́й • (čarodéj) m (feminine чароде́йка, relational adjective чароде́йски)

1. sorcerer, magician, wizard

   Synonyms: вълше́бник (vǎlšébnik), магьо́сник (magjósnik), ве́щер (véšter)

Declension

Declension of чароде́й

	singular	plural
indefinite	чароде́й čarodéj	чароде́и čarodéi
definite (subject form)	чароде́ят čarodéjat	чароде́ите čarodéite
definite (object form)	чароде́я čarodéja
vocative form	чароде́ю čarodéju	чароде́и čarodéi

References

• “чародей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чародей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Alternative forms

• чародѣ́й (čarodě́j) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic чародѣи (čaroděi), from Proto-Slavic *čarodějь, from *čarъ (“sorcery”) + *dějati (“to do”). Can be analysed as made of ча́ры (čáry, “magic”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -дей (-dej, “doer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪrɐˈdʲej]

Noun

чароде́й • (čarodéj) m anim (genitive чароде́я, nominative plural чароде́и, genitive plural чароде́ев, feminine чароде́йка, relational adjective чароде́йский)

1. sorcerer, magician, wizard

   Synonyms: волхв (volxv), волше́бник (volšébnik), кудесник (kudesnik)

Declension

Declension of чароде́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чароде́й čarodéj	чароде́и čarodéi
genitive	чароде́я čarodéja	чароде́ев čarodéjev
dative	чароде́ю čarodéju	чароде́ям čarodéjam
accusative	чароде́я čarodéja	чароде́ев čarodéjev
instrumental	чароде́ем čarodéjem	чароде́ями čarodéjami
prepositional	чароде́е čarodéje	чароде́ях čarodéjax