влъхвъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɫʊ.xvʊ/

Noun

влъхвъ • (vlŭxvŭ) m, feminine вѣдьма (vědĭma).

  1. 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
  2. wizard, sorcerer, mage
  3. fortune teller, clairvoyant, magician
  4. (paganism) a priest

Declension

Declension of влъхвъ (o-stem)
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

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: влъхва (vlǎhva)
  • Slovene: volh

References

  • Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994
  • Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎[1], София
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