irritating
köken: From casser (“to break, bust”) + couille (“ball”). See also casser les couilles.
harpy · bitch, vixen, shrew, harpy, termagant, harridan
çekim: çoğul arpías
köken: Borrowed from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, to seize”).
the presents or treats received by children from Befana on the night before Epiphany · a crone or old hag · alternative letter-case form of Befana
çekim: çoğul befane
eş: strega, arpia, megera, carampana, vecchia, Epifania
köken: From Befana, a folkloric figure.
aile: befano
🔊 ricevere la befana
🔊 La mia befana quest'anno è stata misera.
harpy (hybrid of a woman and a bird of prey) · harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) · harpy, harridan (malicious or unpleasant woman)
çekim: çoğul harpijen
eş: dragonder, tang
köken: From Middle Dutch harpie, arpie, from Old French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia).
aile: harpij-arend
Portekizce 🔊 bruxa (dişil) /ˈbɾu.ʃɐ/ witch · an evil woman
çekim: çoğul bruxas
eş: bruaca, canhão, carcaça, cuca, jabiraca, coruja
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
aile: bruxaria, vassoura-de-bruxa
old woman, hag
köken: From ばば (baba).
Korece 🔊 마귀할멈 /ma̠ɡɥiɦa̠ɭmʌ̹m/ witch, hag (ugly or unpleasant woman)
köken: 마귀(魔鬼) (magwi) + 할멈 (halmeom).
an ill-tempered woman, a shrew
çekim: çoğul argbiggor · tamlayan argbiggas
woman, crone, hag (female person; often one causing problems or one that is old) · grandmother (mother of one's mother or father) · female teacher
çekim: çoğul baby · tamlayan baby
eş: babsztyl, babsko, babka, fajtłapa, boba, bob
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀbāˀ Proto-Slavic *bàba Old Polish baba Polish baba Inherited from Old Polish baba.
aile: Baba Jaga, baba-chłop, babiarz, babie lato, babimór, babina, babiniec, babizna, babochłop, baboholik
shrew (ill-tempered, nagging person; gender-neutral in Finnish)
çekim: çoğul äkäpussit · tamlayan äkäpussin
köken: äkä- (“ill-tempered”) + pussi (“bag”)
🔊 Yksi Shakespearen näytelmistä on "Kuinka äkäpussi kesytetään".
crone (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)
çekim: çoğul babizny · tamlayan babizny
köken: From baba + -izna.
hag, harridan, witch · grandmother
çekim: çoğul banyák
köken: First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) + anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).
Vietnamca 🔊 con mẹ /kɔn˧˧ mɛ˧˨ʔ/ Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see con, mẹ.
köken: con (“son”) + mẹ (“mother”).
🔊 "Đây là con Mẹ." (Ga. 19, 26–27)
witch, sorceress
çekim: çoğul ве́щици
köken: From Proto-Slavic *věščica, see *věščь (“proficient, wise”).
Galiçyaca 🔊 lurpia (dişil) /ˈluɾpjɐ/ hag, witch · slut; hag; bitch; meddler
çekim: çoğul lurpias
köken: Unknown. Compare Portuguese lorpa, French lourpidon.
🔊 Espello de Diputados, donde se deben mirar eses lurpias enmeigados, que quixeren diputar,
old woman, hag · witch · old dear, old girl
çekim: çoğul cailleacha · tamlayan caillí
köken: From Old Irish caillech (“nun, elderly woman”), from caille (“veil”) (+ -ech), from Latin pallium. Cognate with Manx caillagh.
aile: beacán na caillí, cailleach an ghiodail, cailleach an uafáis, cailleach bhasctha, cailleach bheag, cailleach bhreac, cailleach bhréagach, cailleach chneasta, cailleach chrainn, cailleach dharach
🔊 Macha the Owl Witch
magician, sorcerer, wizard; witch · evil woman, vixen, hag, witch
çekim: çoğul վհուկներ
köken: From Old Armenian վհուկ (vhuk); see below.
cmn 🔊 老太婆 , 老潑婦 /老泼妇 , 黃臉婆 /黄脸婆