witch, sorceress · witch, hag (evil and/or ugly woman)
çekim: çoğul Hexen · tamlayan Hexen
eş: Kleine, Bambina, Chica, Fräulein, Bauhexe
köken: From Middle High German hecse, hesse, from Old High German hagazussa, from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā. Cognate with English hag.
aile: Haeckse, hexen, hexenartig, Hexenbesen, Hexenei, Hexeneinmaleins, hexenhaft, Hexenhaus, Hexenhäuschen, Hexenjagd
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”).
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
an ill-tempered woman, a shrew
çekim: çoğul argbiggor · tamlayan argbiggas
hex or an evil old woman as a personification of calamity, death, diseases · hag, harridan, vixen, virago, witch (ugly or unpleasant woman)
çekim: çoğul jędze · tamlayan jędzy
eş: czarownica, wiedźma, baba jaga, baba jędza, baba-jędza, złośnica
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *ęga Polish jędza Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ęga.
aile: jędzowaty, jędzon, jędzula
🔊 Wtedy, w trzydziestym roku, miejscowa jędza kazała wrzucić naczynie z bachorem do morza.
🔊 złośliwa jędza
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".
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”).
witch, sorceress
çekim: çoğul ве́щици
köken: From Proto-Slavic *věščica, see *věščь (“proficient, wise”).
magician, sorcerer, wizard; witch · evil woman, vixen, hag, witch
çekim: çoğul վհուկներ
köken: From Old Armenian վհուկ (vhuk); see below.