ragana

Bikol Central

ragana (ragànâ)

Cognate with Lithuanian rãgana; see there for more.

ragana f (4th declension)

Declension of ragana (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ragana	raganas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	raganu	raganas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	raganas	raganu
dative (datīvs)	raganai	raganām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	raganu	raganām
locative (lokatīvs)	raganā	raganās
vocative (vokatīvs)	ragana	raganas

Ragana

Cognate with Latvian ragana (“witch”).

One hypothesis links these terms to regė́ti (“to see”), Latvian redzêt (“to see”). Semantic analogies include Proto-Slavic *vědьma (“witch”) from Proto-Slavic *věděti (“to know, foresee”), Latvian pareģis (“clairvoyant”) from Latvian paredzêt (“to foresee”).
The other main hypothesis connects this to rãgas (“horn”), Latvian rags (“horn”). According to this theory, along with ragius (“devil”) and Latvian ragans (“sorcerer; devil”), these mythical figures were thought to have horns. This association extends to Slavic, e.g. Serbo-Croatian babaroga / Serbo-Croatian Baba Roga (“witch, Baba Yaga”) from bȁba (“old woman”) + rȏg (“horn”).

rãgana f (plural rãganos) stress pattern 1

witch (wicked sorceress)
Hypernyms: burtininkė (“sorceress”), kerėtoja (“enchantress”)
(figuratively) unpleasant woman

declension of ragana