кудеса

Russian

Alternative forms
  • куде́с (kudés)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic кудесъ (kudesŭ, “magic, sorcery”), from Proto-Slavic *kudo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʊˈdʲesə]

Noun

куде́са • (kudésa) f inan (genitive куде́сы, uncountable)

  1. (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 Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Сорокин Ю. С., editor (1984–), “кудес, кудеса”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века (Slovarʹ russkovo jazyka XVIII veka) [Dictionary of 18th Century Russian] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nauka
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