кудеса
Russian
Alternative forms
- куде́с (kudés)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic кудесъ (kudesŭ, “magic, sorcery”), from Proto-Slavic *kudo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʊˈdʲesə]
Noun
куде́са • (kudésa) f inan (genitive куде́сы, uncountable)
- (obsolete) sorcery, fortune-telling
Declension
Declension of куде́са (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | куде́са kudésa |
| genitive | куде́сы kudésy |
| dative | куде́се kudése |
| accusative | куде́су kudésu |
| instrumental | куде́сой, куде́сою kudésoj, kudésoju |
| prepositional | куде́се kudése |
Derived terms
- кудесный (kudesnyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кудес”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (2000), “кудес, кудеса”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 11, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 65