wajdelota

Polish

Etymology

Derived from German Waidler (“volkhv”) and Old Prussian waidlemai (“we tell fortunes; we do witchcraft”), created later in time describing the supposed lower priests, sorcerers, fortune tellers and bard singers of pagan Lithuania.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaj.dɛˈlɔ.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: waj‧de‧lo‧ta

Noun

wajdelota m pers

  1. (historical) vaidelotis (lower priest of the pagan Lithuanians, also a singer, bard)

Declension

Declension of wajdelota
singular plural
nominative wajdelota wajdeloci/wajdeloty (deprecative)
genitive wajdeloty wajdelotów
dative wajdelocie wajdelotom
accusative wajdelotę wajdelotów
instrumental wajdelotą wajdelotami
locative wajdelocie wajdelotach
vocative wajdeloto wajdeloci

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “wajdelota”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

  • wajdelota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wajdelota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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